FACT 3.1 Alan Keyes on Hate Crimes Let s say a ruthless drug dealer exterminates a person who crossed him up. Put that side by side with a crime that is motivated by racial, or religious bigotry, but with the end result being the deliberate murder of an individual. The proper approach to take toward crimes is to judge the act, not the attitude. The real purpose behind the hate crime legislation movement, however, is to accord to the government the right to punish attitudes. FACT 4 Alan Keyes on Vouchers Parents and local citizens often know better than their educrat masters, but find themselves unable to resist the power of an entrenched and costly monopoly.
Education reform is thus a question of liberty and self-government.
I strongly favor school choice approaches that empower parents to send their children to schools that reflect the parents faith and values. This should include choices in both the public and the independent schools. In 1950, we didn t have a huge plethora of laws dealing with drug abuse, and yet we also did not have an enormous drug problem in this country. We proliferated laws because the fundamental discipline that was prevailing in our society in 1950 has broken down. We have a moral crisis.