other student organizations to use school property and facilities. The EAA was the weak framework for students’ religious rights on public school campuses. By allowing religious clubs to be formed and supported by schools, the EAA created more problems than it solved. It opened the floodgates as to what is considered a religion and what religious activities could be done on campus. If government is to assist with prayer in school than it is also compelled to allow the worshiping of Satan in school, as Satanism is also a religion. If the Fellowship of Christian Athletes is allowed to read from the bible at school, the Voodoo Association can torture effigies during their on campus club meetings. The EAA is not discriminatory towards religions other than that of the majority, so how does one sift through what is appropriate and what is not (Americans United for Separation of Church and State). Since government instated the Equal Access Act religion in school has been rampant, and government had done nothing but encourage it. Along with the elections of strongly religious government officials, such as President George W. Bush and Governor Jeb Bush, came the constant pressure to make schools focus on religion once more. The most recent issue pertaining to this matter is the proposition that the government should supply vouchers to students who would like to attend a private school due to their religious beliefs. The government, or more accurately, the taxpayers would subsidize the extra costs. Although religious groups have a constitutional right to operate parochial schools, they have no right to receive public funds for religious education. Parochial schools serve as arms of religious ministries and integrate religious training throughout their curriculum. Also, religious schools often discriminate along religious, gender, and ethnic lines in admissions and hiring. Tax aid illegally advances religion at public expense and en...
