legislators to fully fund universal preschool stake.

One more group that's come out against amendment 2, black Christian faith leaders.

They were joined by Kentucky Democrats yesterday at a Baptist Church in Lexington.

But as our June Leffler reports, Catholic clergy are asking voters and outside their congregations to vote.

Yes.

On the school choice measure.

>> Lexington's Black faith leaders.

Let's all come out.

And when we come out to vote, we are voting no on amendment 2 and elected officials as a mother.

I'm Colin, our mothers, our grandmothers, get to the House vote now urge no vote on amendment 2.

>> Speaking for the students who come from low-income families who are first generation college students who are English language learners and who are students of color.

Let's prioritize our public schools and the students who attend them.

Let's invest in our education system and not divert away from it.

Let's give our students the best possible education, not about your system.

That will only benefit a select few.

>> Top Democrats in Frankfort say the Republican controlled legislature can't be trusted to fund public and private education.

I'm a proud Fayette County Public School graduate and Fayette County Public Schools taught me and him port and class called math.

And in math, they taught me this important concept called subtraction.

And those supporting amendment 2 either failed or denying the concept of subtraction.

Because we have seen that our state legislature will only spend a certain amount supporting public education.

These Christian church leaders stand in stark contrast to their counterparts in the Catholic faith.

>> Louisville's archbishop supports amendment 2.

So do other Kentucky diocese.

>> The Catholic churches.

Having to have Catholic schools.

You can only expect that they would want to have more resources than less.

So we certainly understand their position.

We just disagree.

>> Most certified nonpublic schools in Kentucky are Catholic schools.

>> We think many students do really well and Catholic school environment.

Many parents value their religious education, the companies that >> the Catholic Church supported tax credit scholarships with some would call vouchers.

Then the state Supreme Court struck those down amendment.

2 opponents say vouchers would benefit students already in private schools.

But the Catholic Conference as Catholic school students aren't necessarily wealthy.

>> They may have a student and nonpublic school.

Really struggle to make that we're kind of programs we support.

Are not going to a family that is high income and easily affording a nonpublic school.

Education is not going to be would not receive assistance under a program like the ones we've supported in the past and it would be geared the lower income families.

>> While churches are rallying behind amendment 2 Catholic churchgoers and students are deciding for themselves on the issue for Kentucky edition.

I'm Jen Leffler.

>> Thank you.

June.

The state to keeps track of certified nonpublic schools.

Most of those are Catholic schools.

Many are Protestant and a few are Islamic schools.

Just 12% are nonreligious.

Private