Well, the light just went on in Louisiana.

They finally figured out that giving tax money to religious schools might not be exactly what they wanted.

You mean Islam is a religion? No way.

Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Watson, says she had no idea that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s overhaul of the state’s educational system might mean taxpayer support of Muslim schools.

“I actually support funding for teaching the fundamentals of America’s Founding Fathers’ religion, which is Christianity, in public schools or private schools,” the District 64 Representative said Monday.

“I liked the idea of giving parents the option of sending their children to a public school or a Christian school,” Hodges said.

Hodges mistakenly assumed that “religious” meant “Christian.”

Imagine their shock, shock I tell you, that “religious” did not mean “only Christian.”

They voted to fund religious schools and then went all shaky-kneed when Islam and Wicca and Unitarians claimed to be religious.  I guess they thought that whole “freedom of religion” thingy meant “free to be a Christian.”

I have a mildly difficult time imagining that the same people who created Bourbon Street and Mardi Gras and eating alligators could be intolerant of people who are different.  I dunno.  Maybe it’s just me.

Thanks to everybody who gave me the heads-up.