The Alliance Defending Freedom has sent a supportive letter to private schools in Louisiana, as a teachers union is threatening to sue schools participating in the state's voucher program.
The courts have not ruled on the Louisiana Association of Educators' lawsuit to stop the state's new voucher program. Even so, the union has proceeded to issue legal threats.
ADF Attorney Jeremy Tedesco says that is shocking.
"I mean, this is a program that's designed to help lower-income families have educational choice for their children," he offers, "and because the educational association doesn't like them, they actually go so far as to threaten schools that participate in a program that no court has said is unconstitutional. So, we just thought it was a situation where we needed to respond."
If the courts do eventually strike down the law, Tedesco explains that the union wants to recover the voucher funds from the schools.
"What they're threatening in the letter is that they're going to recoup the money if the program is struck down; they're going to sue them to recoup the money they got from the program," the attorney details. "We don't think the case really supports that position."
The ADF letter states, "LAE's bullying tactics are not only reprehensible, but also unlikely to succeed in a court of law."