Mark Souder: “what is really disturbing in debates is how to counter misinformation when it is repeated on a constant basis on the…”

“what is really disturbing in debates is how to counter misinformation when it is repeated on a constant basis on the floor of this House. The constitutional protection for religious liberty also extends to churches and it extends to organizations that reflect faith. That applies in the Tax Code. I presume a previous speaker, based on that logic, would not want to give a tax deduction to a church or a religious organization that discriminates in their hiring practices. For example, you would not have a Christian as the head of a synagogue, or you would not have a Muslim preaching at a Christian church. The charitable deduction is shaped that way; tax deductions are shaped that way. We have all sorts of court-approved guidelines, for example, in the sense of they have ruled in some of the schools you can fund a computer, but you cannot fund the software, if you look at it that way. In other words, busing programs and other things can even be funded directly by the government. But what is debated here is indirect funding. That is vouchers. We have numerous programs that have passed overwhelmingly in this House that have said when there is a choice, when no one is forced into it, why should people not be able to choose a job training program, an after-school program, a literacy program or other such type of thing that would enable them to be better prepared for the workplace?”