Vernon Ehlers: “I am very pleased to participate in this discussion today because I believe that Catholic schools and religious schools…”

“I am very pleased to participate in this discussion today because I believe that Catholic schools and religious schools play an extremely important part in our American educational system. I often deplore the fact that the Catholic schools and other religious schools, Christian and otherwise, do not get a fair shake in this Nation as compared to many other nations. I know when I lived in Europe for a year you could designate on your income tax how much you wanted to be delegated to schools of your choice, and they could be private schools, public schools, religious schools, what have you. That struck me as an eminently fair system. I don't expect we will ever have that in this country, but I do regret, given the excellent work that the Catholic schools do, and that other Christian and religious schools do in educating students who are troubled, that we do not call upon these schools more often to help educate more of the children of this Nation.”