An Arizona court upheld a tax break for people who donate money
for scholarships to religious and other private schools. The
state's Supreme Court ruled Jan. 26 that such donations do not
represent an unconstitutional form of government involvement in
religion, or an infringement on Arizona's ban on using public
money for churches or private schools. There is no evidence that
the authors of Arizona's Constitution intended to "divorce
completely any hint of religion from all conceivably
state-related functions, nor would such a goal be realistically
attainable," Chief Justice Thomas Zlaket wrote.

Reprinted with permission from Religion Today, ©1999. 

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