US EditionSupreme Court to hear Catholic preschools’ case involving same-sex parents
The justices will weigh whether a 34-preschool Catholic network can bypass Colorado’s ban on admission rules based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
- On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments regarding whether Colorado must exempt Catholic entities from a nondiscrimination provision in its state-funded preschool program.
- The Archdiocese of Denver, which operates 34 preschools, claims exclusion from the state program because it refuses to accept a nondiscrimination rule prohibiting admission denials based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Challenging the provision, the Archdiocese argues it violates First Amendment religious rights, though it previously lost this challenge in federal district court and the Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Attorneys for the Catholic entities claim the law contains loopholes, while the state argues the nondiscrimination provision lacks exemptions, citing the 1990 Supreme Court ruling in Employment Division v. Smith.
- As the Supreme Court maintains a 6-3 conservative majority that frequently backs religious rights claims, the Trump administration filed a brief supporting the Archdiocese.
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Supreme Court takes anti-LGBTQ+ Catholic preschools case against Colorado
The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Jane Norman/States Newsroom)The U.S. Supreme Court will hear another case from Colorado involving the balance of state anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ people and religious exemptions. The Archdiocese of Denver and two Catholic preschools allege in a lawsuit that they were unable to participate in Colorado’s universal preschool program, known as UPK Colorado, because the state will not…
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Top US court to hear case of Catholic schools excluded from state funding
The US Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a challenge by Catholic preschools to a state requirement that they enroll children of gay or transgender parents in order to receive public funds.
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Supreme Court takes up St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear another First Amendment challenge to a Colorado policy, this time over the state’s exclusion of Catholic entities from its universal preschool program. The high court will hear arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy over whether the Centennial State unlawfully violated the Catholic preschools’ First Amendment rights by requiring them to accept all families, including those who do not share Ca…
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