By: Fredric Rice To: Sara Keating Re: Voucher Discussions I've got something. {Picture sho

By: Fredric Rice
To: Sara Keating
Re: Voucher Discussions

I've got something.

    {Picture shows kids seated in chairs weaking 'traditional'
    pointed witch hats, one kid has arm raised to ask a question}

    In what is shaping up to be the most controversial issue in
    California's upcoming November 2'nd election, opponents of
    the bill that would give $2,600 a year scholarships to students
    attending private schools have turned to the public's fear of
    the power of 'satanic' cults and witchcraft by pointing out
    that "schools" run by witche's covens would also be eligible
    for the funding.  When told that the only accountability
    private schools have is to take attendance, Sen. Art Torres
    observed, "Satan worshippers are very punctual.  Witches'
    covens are very punctual."  In response, Assemblyman Bill
    Morrow asked: "Do you realistically think parents would send
    their children to an open field for school?"

    The incident is another indication of the public's belief in
    the myth that satanic cults and witches are far more numerous
    and powerful than the evidence leads us to believe.

    - Skeptic Magazine, Vol. 2., No. 2.

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