Who Says Schools Are Political...

Carol Katter was told by the Ohio Education Association, a state affiliate of the National Education Association that she must change religions in order to receive a religious exemption.

Katter said the union attorney told her she had two choices - pay her dues or "change religions."
Carol Katter, a mathematics and language arts instructor in the St. Marys district, filed a federal complaint in the U.S. District Court in Columbus this week over an Ohio law that prevents the lifelong Catholic from diverting her dues from a union she refuses to fund because it supports abortion on demand.
Katter filed the complaint against top officials of the State Employment Relations Board (SERB) for religious discrimination in enforcing Ohio Revised Code section 4117.09(C), which states:

"Any public employee who is a member of and adheres to established and traditional tenets or teachings of a bona fide religion or religious body which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting an employee organization and which is exempt from taxation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code shall not be required to join or financially support any employee organization as a condition of employment." (emphasis added)

What was that about the constitution not instituting a religion?

Katter's complaint says the Ohio statute amounts to an unconstitutional establishment of religion. She wants a federal injunction prohibiting SERB from further enforcing the law against other state employees.

Katter only recently learned that the money she has been paying, was going to the union.

"I had never belonged to a teacher's union [because] I know where NEA money goes, and I knew I never wanted to be a part of that," Katter said. "When it became mandatory last year, we were told our dues could go to a charity."

When will people see that schools are as much a source of power in Washington as any social program. The NEA is vital to control that power. This is why conservatives have tried for a long time for school vouchers. Put that money back in the hands of the American people and take it away from this union who controls the education in America.