[news] Alabama Vote Opens Old Racial Wounds

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[T]he amendment's opponents say they want to remove the segregated-schools portion of the constitution but cannot abide by guaranteeing a public education and fear mandates for higher education taxes. [Alabama Christian Coalition President John] Giles and others said guaranteeing a right to a public education would have opened a door for "rogue" federal judges to order the state to raise taxes to pay for improvements in its public school system.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/11/28/21741/902