It sounds like you're close to tarring most Christian schools with the same brush. Yes, there are some so-called Christian schools that practice discrimination and teach creationism. There are if not hundreds of what I call "White Flight" schools across the South established by parents who didn't want to send their kids to school with other races. As sad as that backward attitude is, it's legal. It's even legal for them to teach creationism if that's what they believe, no matter how flawed the notion.

A friend of mine sent his son to a private school known as Colorado Springs Christian School (CSCS) for kindergarden. The tuition was $2700 a year, easily within the range of most voucher proposals I've seen. While I'm not positive, I don't think they follow the creationist agenda in their classes. CSCS test scores rank higher than most of the local public schools, their teachers are paid, and the parents are happy with the education their kids are receiving. Incidently, not that it matters, but my friend is black, his wife is Asian, and their children are a beautiful mixture of the two.

As for kicking out discipline problems, I know of an incident several years ago where CSCS accepted one high school student who was expelled from public schools for putting acid in a teacher's water bottle. I only heard about that case because it was so notorious. It wouldn't surprise me in the least if that wasn't an isolated case of accepting a student kicked out of public schools. Some do kick out discipline problems or restrict who can attend the school in the first place. However, they're not all that way.

As strongly as you'd object to private schools who dare to teach things you don't believe, you seem unwilling or unable to grasp the fact that many parents who hold different views are forced to pay taxes to support public schools that teach things they oppose. They have to pay these taxes even if they send their kids to private schools.

I'm a former teacher who supports vouchers. I believe that if they're passed, within a few years parents will have a host of opportunities regarding their children's education. In most communities, the average parent can't afford to send his kids to private school no matter how mediocre the public schools may be. Too many public schools fall into the "one size fits all" mold, which doesn't work any better for schools than it does for clothing. That's why surveys show that a majority of black parents support vouchers - they want a better education for their children than they're getting from the public schools.