Tuition tax credits and deductions are efforts to fund religious education by manipulating the tax code. While they may be a less direct form of aid than voucher plans, credits and deductions have same result: Taxpayers are forced to support the propagation of religion, and money that should be directed to the public schools is siphoned off for religious education. People have the right to send their children to religious schools, but they should not expect help from the taxpayer to do this.