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Justices hear challenge to preschools’ exclusion
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WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration joined the Archdiocese of Denver on Tuesday in urging the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing a state-funded preschool program in Colorado to exclude Roman Catholic schools that don't comply with equal-opportunity requirements -- the latest religious-ri…
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Supreme Court to hear religious liberty case over Colorado preschools
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.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a case centered around religious liberty and whether Colorado can exempt Christian organizations from a statewide universal preschool program. The justices in April agreed to hear arguments in the case after two Catholic parishes challenged the sta…
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.
"Explain what the difference is between" explicitly excluding religious schools "and then choosing to impose a condition that you know that those schools will be unable to agree to?" Justice Barrett asks state's lawyer.
The plaintiffs, represented by the group Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, argue that their admissions policy is based on religious teachings about same-sex marriage and that by excluding them, Colorado is violating their rights to freedom of religion.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on whether Colorado can require preschools that accept public dollars to admit the children of same-sex couples. It’s the latest battle at the intersection of religious and LGBTQ rights to reach the justices.
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 will hear oral arguments Tuesday on whether Colorado can require preschools that accept public dollars to admit the children of same-sex couples.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on whether Colorado can require preschools that accept public dollars to admit the children of same-sex couples.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in a closely watched case pitting religious freedom against LGBTQ protections in Colorado's publicly funded preschool program. Catholic preschools are challenging a state policy requiring participating schools to refrain from discriminating based on s…
A decision could reshape the relationship between religious freedom and nondiscrimination laws in the US The 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 des…
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.
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.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy. The case asks whether religious preschools that take taxpayer funds through Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program can deny enrollment to children because their parents are LGBTQ+.
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…
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — A majority of the Supreme Court signaled on Tuesday it would allow Catholic preschools receiving taxpayer money to deny enrollment to children of same-sex couples, potentially delivering another significant win for religious rights in schools.
The Trump administration has urged the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing a state-funded preschool program in Colorado to exclude Roman Catholic schools if they don’t comply with equal-opportunity requirements
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.
The Supreme Court's conservative majority signaled support for Catholic preschools claiming Colorado's funded program violates their religious liberty.
