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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging Colorado's universal preschool program rules. The Archdiocese of Denver and Catholic preschools argued they were unlawfully excluded from state funding because of their admissions policies regarding LGBTQ families and anti-discrimination requirements.
Reports across the political spectrum agree that the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday regarding whether Catholic preschools in Colorado can be excluded from state-funded programs for declining to admit children from LGBTQ families.
Left-leaning outlets like Vox emphasized concerns about public funding going to institutions that do not comply with nondiscrimination rules for LGBTQ families and students. Right-leaning outlets like The Daily Signal and WorldNetDaily framed the case as a potential victory for religious freedom and another defeat for Colorado in First Amendment disputes. Center outlets such as CBS News and NewsNation focused primarily on the legal balancing act between religious liberty and LGBTQ rights before the Supreme Court.
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Preschool case puts LGBTQ and religious rights at odds in Supreme Court
The intersection of religious and LGBTQ rights lands — again — on the Supreme Court’s docket Tuesday. The justices are set to decide whether Colorado can require preschools that receive public dollars to admit the children of same-sex couples. “It seems like there's short shrift being given to religious liberty in the state of Colorado,”…
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Source context: The Archdiocese of Denver and Catholic preschools said they were unlawfully excluded from Colorado's universal preschool program over their refusal to admit students from LGBTQ families.
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The Supreme Court hears arguments over whether Catholic entities should be exempted from Colorado’s anti-discrimination rules for its taxpayer-funded preschool program.
The Supreme Court considers whether Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with gay and transgender parents can participate in a state program.
A decision could reshape the relationship between religious freedom and nondiscrimination laws in the USThe US supreme court will hear arguments on Tuesday over a challenge brought by two Catholic preschools in Colorado, arguing that they should be admitted to the state’s free education system despite their rejection of children with LGBTQ+ parents.A…
There was one significant surprise during the Supreme Court’s Tuesday argument in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a case asking whether Colorado may require schools that accept state funding to treat LGBTQ families and students the same way they treat anyone else. For a brief moment, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed like he might…
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The intersection of religious and LGBTQ rights lands — again — on the Supreme Court’s docket Tuesday. The justices are set to decide whether Colorado can require preschools that receive public dollars to admit the children of same-sex couples. “It seems like there's short shrift being given to religious liberty in the state of Colorado,”…
The intersection of religious and LGBTQ rights lands — again — on the Supreme Court’s docket Tuesday. The justices are set to decide whether Colorado can require preschools that receive public dollars to admit the children of same-sex couples. “It seems like there’s short shrift being given to religious liberty in the state of Colorado,”…
The Archdiocese of Denver and Catholic preschools said they were unlawfully excluded from Colorado's universal preschool program over their refusal to admit students from LGBTQ families.
The Archdiocese of Denver wants to be able to turn away LGBTQ families from Catholic preschools that receive state funding.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case brought by Catholic preschools that say it's unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program over their admissions policy for LGBTQ+ families, the latest religious-rights case before the conservative-majority court.
Conservative justices suggest that Catholic preschools in Colorado should be eligible for taxpayer funds without complying with a nondiscrimination rule.
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The St. Mary v. Roy case presents SCOTUS with the opportunity to continue a broad course correction in religious liberty jurisprudence.
The Supreme Court could deliver another blow to Colorado in a religious liberty case over the state’s exclusion of a Catholic church from a “universal” preschool program. Justices heard oral arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy on Tuesday. “This is not a zero-sum game. Letting families use universal preschool funding at Catholic schools...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared skeptical of Colorado’s effort to require Catholic preschools to allow parents who do not follow Catholic beliefs to be allowed into its universal preschool program, teeing up a potential fourth major loss for the Centennial State on First Amendment cases at the Supreme Court in the past decade. The…
State could lose 4th case involving its discrimination against Christians in a row!
