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Catholic Critique of Barden Bill Sparks Education Debate
A Kent Stater reader questions Rev. M. E. Cummings and asserts the Barden bill unfairly targets parochial schools. The letter argues the First Amendment has been misread, cites Madison and Jefferson, and warns that public funding for sectarian education risks totalitarianism while noting current legislative roadblocks and political pressure from Catholic figures.
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Barden
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New Jersey
Mississippi
Michigan
Louisiana
Kent Stater
Stater
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al Post
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Pius IX
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
George Mason
Cummings
John Lesinski
Lesinski
Detroit
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Cardinal Spellman