Preschool case tests religious conservatives' US Supreme Court win streak
The justices will decide whether Colorado must exempt religious preschools from equal-opportunity rules to keep receiving state preschool funding.
- On Nov 3, the Supreme Court will hear arguments from The Archdiocese of Denver and other Catholic entities seeking an exemption from a Colorado preschool funding program's nondiscrimination requirement, with Republican President Donald Trump's administration backing the challenge.
- Colorado's universal preschool program requires participating schools to sign an agreement pledging equal opportunity regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Archdiocese oversees 34 Catholic preschools and argues this mandate burdens their religious exercise.
- Represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the Catholic entities claim Colorado "knowingly excluded" them based on religious exercise. Colorado counters that its requirements are neutral, generally applicable laws that do not intrude on the Free Exercise Clause.
- This case tests whether conservative religious interests can extend their winning streak at the Supreme Court. The 6-3 conservative majority previously expanded access for religious entities to public money in rulings involving Maine and Montana.
- Scholars argue that granting the exemption could usher in a "most-favored nation" rule for religion. Dissenting in a recent case, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the court's direction leads to a place where "Separation of church and state becomes a constitutional violation.
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Preschool case tests religious conservatives' US Supreme Court win streak
A challenge at the US Supreme Court by Catholic groups to a Colorado law barring anti-LGBT discrimination at publicly funded preschools is testing whether conservative religious interests can extend their winning streak in major cases at the nation's top judicial body.
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'This case is important because it's an example of the ways that governments have been trying to evade the protections that the Supreme Court has spent decades reaffirming for religious exercise.'
Religious freedom in focus at Supreme Court with CO universal preschool case
As same-day voters go to the polls for the midterm elections next week, the Supreme Court will hear a major religious liberty case over a Colorado universal preschool program with implications beyond the Centennial State. The high court will hear arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy on Tuesday. The case deals with Colorado’s […]
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