What people are saying:

• Facebook User: Public schools better not be spending a dime on Lifewise!
  • Facebook User: Facebook User why not. This is what a lot of taxpayers want.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User no they don’t. White Christian nationalist want this. No one wants this but white republicans who worship at the orange or red alter. Sorry but no.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User they are the majority voted in by the taxpayers. So what they want is what the taxpayers want. Why do you think the public schools are losing students and closing down schools. Godless education.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User they are not. If they actually put it on the ballot which they did not. They used lawyers and lobbyists to get laws changed. Changed by white republicans who get huge donations by pacs who back breaking down the public system that educates all not some with discrimination. So no it was not a majority vote. Thats you believe perseverance issues. It a religious freedom education not godless. You want god in your child’s education you put them in religious schools. If you want your child to believe in the God you do take them to your church. Do not take your god and belief system into my public schools with my kids. Thats the beauty of freedom to choose, your choices do not mandate my choices. Not at all. So no its not what the majority want, it’s what white nationalist Christian want. There is a huge difference.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User He’ll NO.
• Facebook User: Let’s get a Muslim, Hindu and Taoist organization to do the same thing and see how fast they put a stop to it. This is horrible. Keep all religions out of public schools.
  • Secular Education Association: Facebook User The issue is that they generally won’t—because most minority-faith organizations are not trying to remove children from the public-school day to evangelize them, convert them, or build a nationwide religious franchise inside public education. They respect the role of public schools and the importance of religious neutrality. Meanwhile, Christian groups have spent years building the political power, legal infrastructure, and state laws to make this expansion possible. Not to mention the financial support and built in church “locations” afforded to them but not necessarily any other religion.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User Just the opposite. They’d do nothing for fears of being called Islamaphobic. And all the anti-Lifewise types would fold like a cheap tent.
  • Facebook User: Secular Education Association That’s silly. Especially calling Islam a “minority-faith” – there are 2 billion Muslims in the world.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User probably would just make better sense to shutdown public education and make it all private schools. That way taxpayers money is not used discriminatory. The money can then follow the student.
  • Facebook User: Secular Education Association sadly, they will need to step up or a group needs to be created that will encompass all those religions and do the same thing, its hard but fire with fire, at least the kids would be safe.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User private charter and religious currently can discriminate and do discriminate on a regular basis. This would lead to more segregation and discrepancy. What makes better sense to not allow religious cults into public schools. What makes sense is to not allow republicans to break a system that allows everyone and who educates non discriminate. How about that. Public schools had in place they could come before or after school but they would be in charge of transportation and clean up. That was not what they needed to be disruptive or be held accountable for the mess they leave. They got lawyers and lobbyists and republicans changed laws to let a white nationalist Christian cult they give them money into our public schools. So vote red out and vote blue in to reverse this disgraceful and disturbing cult.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User Another main problem with these is that “what denominational” or “far right cult”teachings are they putting out that are not on a biblical standpoint that they claim to follow. Hypocracy at its finest.
• Facebook User: If you are going to gripe about this you need to complain also about all the non religious private schools that also utilize taxpayer resources and seems pretty transparent since you was able to just look this up.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User those other groups arent also violating students 1st Ammendment rights and the establishment clause of the constitution.

    Your false equivalence is false, and stupid.

  • Facebook User: Facebook User do you know how lifewise works? It takes place off school property and is 100% voluntary and requires parent permission to attend. it’s almost like a votech class they go for an allotted time during the school day it’s not taking over the schools.
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  • Facebook User: Facebook User yeah and traitortrump didnt know anything about project2025 until it magically appeared on he first day of his presidency.

    You folks lie. You have always lied an you will always lie. Lies, projection and victimhood are all you got. YOI HAVE GIVEN US NO REASON TO BELIEVE YOU. So, we dont and you can shove your little fascist book club up you ass.

  • Facebook User: Facebook User show me where it’s in a school during active school year days or does not require parental permission to attend.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User show me that you arent lying.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User it disrupts the classroom. If they wanted to really teach kids about their version of Christianity then do it before or after school, but that isn’t what their cult leader wrote about in his book. The whole point is to break down public education. So it is 100% a problem and 100% disruption.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User no I’m not doing this back and forth that is what the legal requirements are for them to operate, you are capable of looking it up. you want to claim they are doing something different then you show me they are. the original argument is over taxpayer funds, but I argue they are not receiving taxpayer money simply by virtue of a public building donating space. ultimately it’s still a debated topic in the courts about wether publicly owned donated spaces technically violate the law. There are plenty of arguments and points on both sides, but I ultimately take the stance it’s not violating anything if an unused space is offered to them. if it is decided it is, they will simply operate out of a privately donated or rented/owned space.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User and im telling you, that you all lie, your arguments are bad faith, and you dont get to push your dogma on school kids.

    Now feel free to post whatever lie, projection or claim to victimhood you want next, it wont be worth reading.

  • Facebook User: Facebook User you are free to believe what you like.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User how’s it a disruption specifically? it’s voluntary, the students that attend the academy do so only with parental consent. One of the purposes are families that want their children to learn Christianity but for whatever reason can not attend church or afford private schools or otherwise be in a fellowship with others of the faith. Some children may want the exposure, but the parents aren’t willing to attend church but are not opposed to their child learning about it. So this provides an option. Of course as a Christian I want all people to learn about Christ, we do not however want to force people to choose Christianity. those two are not synonymous, the whole point is we all have a free will choice to choose. Also I’m not sure what cult leader or book you’re referring to?
  • Facebook User: Facebook User pulling students out of an active class, is a disruption to the whole class, same as a returning student is a disruption to the whole class. So kids who are not signed up get disrupted. Then refocus twice. The kids leaving the classroom, what are they missing and how is that portion of the lesson made up. So more instruction time for the teachers and how is that part of the teachers job, when an after school program would not intrude on class time for anyone. If you need lawyers and lobbyists to change laws then you aren’t doing the right thing. The right thing is an after school program. There are plenty of churches if the parents aren’t able its more than likely they don’t want to be bothered. Is that 100% no. Its an excuse to disrupt the public school system. There is no religion in school for a reason. Its not a religious school. Its not educational, it’s not part of the state educational system. Its a LEGALLY forced allowance just for them. They didn’t fight for all religions to have access and pull kids out of school just them. Currently they have multiple investigations going on pedophiles and their lack of accountability and background checks. If you don’t know who started a cult then thats you thing to look up. Absolutely no religion in schools. If kids want that Christian experience but their parents don’t? Like what? Kids want out of the classroom, going where they get treats and trinkets. Religion starts at home. If kids are being groomed by adults that they want to go to this and their parents sign off, thats on them. Most kids, not all, follow the parents, if their parents aren’t religious chances are the kids won’t be until they are older. Teens or college. So elementary, Middle and High schools probably more focused on daily life. White Christian nationalist pushed this culture, its in project 2025. Dude wrote a book, his primary goal, breaking down public education.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User well this is no different then students leaving for a votech for half a school day besides the fact it’s not religious, if you have a problem with that just say that, because I don’t see the validity of the interruption argument. I think it’s easier to come up with an excuse that seems reasonable instead of just saying you don’t like that religion is accessible with parents permission to children. And no laws need to be changed they are already following the existing laws. The debate here really falls on the idea that use of a public building being used and does that in turn equate to the program technically reviving non private funding. The laws and regulations around these arrangements have always fallen in the grey areas.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User this is completely different. Your talking high school. Kids leaving for tech school or vocational classes, not sure where you are but our kids get on a bus in the morning and they are there all day, come back on the bus and go home. Elementary and Middle, they aren’t leaving to go anywhere. Any child leaving and coming maybe would be intervention specialist. So no not the same.The laws did change to void the school districts charters. Our schools charters stated before and after school only. They provide transportation and clean up of the space. Lifewise came to our district thats what they were told, its in our charter. Multiple districts had their charter set up this way. The law via their lawyers and lobbyists got republicans only to draft a bill and get it passed that the local districts charter didn’t matter, they changed the law. So not doing the right thing not at all. Not respecting the local schools charters. Non private means tax payer, tax payers pay to public services not religious services. So no. If they want to be a program they find their our funding not tax payer. They weren’t gray they were laid out pretty clear in school charters but again this cult decided to go the legal route with white Christian nationalist republicans and change it to law for themselves. Its pretty clear no religion in public schools.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User Ohio law now requires all public K-12 school districts to adopt a policy allowing released time for religious instruction (RTRI) during the school day, paving the way for programs like LifeWise Academy to operate.Key Details of the Law and ChangesMandatory Policy: The law changed previous permissive language (“may allow”) to a mandate (“shall allow”), meaning school districts must accommodate off-campus religious instruction during the school day if requested.
  • Facebook User: Lifewise should be before or after school.
• Facebook User: No LifeWise schools , corruption hiding behind God , not a good idea .
• Facebook User: Breaking the law is ok when you are fundamentalist.
• Facebook User: The whole problem is the fact that it’s religious. They say parents have to give permission but that won’t last. Eventually it will be required. Southern Baptist is behind this and no other religions. They want a school full of little Southern Baptist clones. They want them young because they can get in their heads. Indoctrination at its finest.
• Facebook User: Why make a non-issue an argument. There is no harm in this. Grow up
  • Facebook User: Facebook User disruption in the classroom is harm. Brainwashing kids with brides as a marketing tool is harm. Letting predators around kids is harm. You need to sit back shut up and let the adults with kids talk. If you think this is a non-issue you are apart the problem.
  • Facebook User: Gerald Hecker Tax-exempt groups mooching public facilities at taxpayer expense. Bet you’re the first to complain when taxes go up.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User stupid much?. Bet you don’t have kids or you are just ate up w maga disease. It’s really ugly. And this is a political thing. Along w data centers and everything else they shove down our throats.
• Facebook User: This group has a larger goal, to eradicate public education with a Christian nationalist ideology that despises all other faith groups.
  • Facebook User: Facebook User LOL
• Facebook User: Far too many things are subsidized by taxpayers already. Why not Lifewise. Fine by me. It’s a very valuable program to many.
• Facebook User: Lifewise proves that their god is an imaginary, immoral asshat.
• Facebook User: How much money is Donald Jackass Trump wasting of your tax money.