Why the Bait Hides the Hook

“One proverb expresses the principle well. He who takes the king’s coin becomes the king’s man. If we receive money from the government, we must know that the money comes with conditions. Today the conditions might be tolerable. In fact, they will certainly be tolerable because otherwise the bait would not hide the hook. But if they are not tolerable tomorrow — for example, if the rules change so that schools receiving such vouchers may not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation — we will discover that getting out of the trap is a lot more difficult than getting into it” (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 202).