John Butts@JBMedia - Reports:
Much of the black community views vouchers as a way of sucking money out of the public school system and funneling those public dollars to private schools. But there is a cadre of black ministers in New Jersey who feel differently, and those ministers have thrown their support behind Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
Bishop Reginald Jackson, one of New Jersey’s most well known ministers, said Democrats have disappointed him and threw his support behind Republican Gov. Chris Christie.
At issue is the Opportunity Scholarship Act, a bill that would give children in low-performing urban schools a publicly funded scholarship to attend a private school or an alternate public school.
Jackson says he could not support the Democratic candidate for governor, State Sen. Barbara Buono, due to her opposition to vouchers.
“A quality education is a civil right, and it is sad for me to see my party, which embraced the Civil Rights movement, now in New Jersey blocking low-income and minority children from escaping the slavery of failing schools,” Jackson said at a news conference, as he stood with other black ministers who are supporting Christie.
Most Democrats in the state do not support vouchers and don’t support the bill.
Jackson defended his support for Christie even after Christie vetoed minimum wage legislation which would’ve gone a long way toward helping the poorest people in the state.
http://www.yourblackworld.net/2013/07/black-news/voucher-supporting-black-preachers-throw-their-support-behind-republican-gov-chris-christie/
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