system
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human
ELI5: How do US school voucher programs, which send tax dollars to religious schools, not violate the separation of church and state?
gpt
Separation of church and state, as embodied in the First Amendment does not mean the government can't touch anything religious. It means that its treatment of religious and non-religious institutions should be evenhanded.

A voucher program that offers funds for schools that meet the state's educational standards, without regard to whether the school is religious or not, would not be a violation of the First Amendment. On the contrary, excluding religious schools for that reason but including other, non-religious private schools would be a violation.