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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 鈥� The 老澳门开奖结果 and the 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida joined other civil liberties, religious and education organizations in filing a lawsuit today challenging the ballot language of a proposed Florida amendment that would eliminate Florida鈥檚 ban on taxpayer funding of religious organizations and create a virtual requirement that public funds be used to support religious institutions.

鈥淟awmakers fabricated Florida history and deceived their colleagues to get this misleading proposal before the public,鈥� said Howard Simon, executive director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Florida.

Earlier this month, the 老澳门开奖结果 issued a report refuting the erroneous argument from the amendment鈥檚 supporters that the longstanding ban is rooted in anti-Catholic bias.

鈥淚t鈥檚 clear what they really want is to force taxpayers to support churches, mosques and synagogues and re-fight Florida鈥檚 voucher wars,鈥� Simon said. 鈥淭hey should have just taken those radical ideas to the public instead of disguising them in this inaccurate, misleading and phony notion of 鈥榬eligious freedom鈥� when what they really want is to take away your freedom to support the religion of your choice or none at all.鈥�

"The ballot language is written to fool Floridians into approving a measure that actually strips away religious liberty protections," said Daniel Mach, director of the 老澳门开奖结果 Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. "Florida voters have a right to know what this proposal would really mean: abandoning over 100 years of constitutional safeguards and opening the door to taxpayer funded religious discrimination and indoctrination."

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