Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for pastors to help him push his controversial school voucher plan from the pulpit has drawn scorn from the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), whose leaders accuse him of trying to “co-opt a Sunday morning time of worship.” In an open letter posted Wednesday, 21 past and present BGCT leaders railed against Abbott's so-called “School Choice Sunday' initiative, which asked Texas faith leaders to tell their partitioners to support school vouchers.
Abbott asked faith leaders to push his school voucher plan from the pulpit. Baptist leaders say he's violating the separation of church and state.controversial school voucher plan
"It is out of bounds for any representative of the government to co-opt a Sunday morning time of worship," states the letter, whose signers include BGCT President Ronny Marriott and Executive Director-Elect Julio Guarneri."A government’s request for churches to join a legislative agenda violates the conscience concerning religious liberty and the separation of church and state.
Even though Texas' GOP leaders have repeatedly tried to pass voucher legislation, which enjoys support from religious conservatives, the proposals have faced repeated roadblocks from Republican lawmakers from rural areas. Those opponents argue vouchers, which use state education funds to help parents send their kids to private schools, would decimate already underfunded rural districts.
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