Separation of Church and School

by Katherine Steward / The New York Times

“A number of the new churches are the work of national ‘church-planting’ organizations attracted to New York by the combination of cheap space and the opportunity to save the city from its apparent godlessness…I could go on about why my daughter’s photo should not be made available for acts of worship, or why my P.T.A. donations should not be used to supply furniture for a religious group that thinks I am bound for hell…But maybe it’s just that I imagine that that big red door is about education for all, not salvation for a few.”