Supreme court to hear Catholic preschool case over funding and LGBTQ+ rights
Summary
The Supreme Court will hear a case about Catholic preschools in Colorado that say the state violated their religious rights by excluding them from a public preschool funding program. The preschools want to be allowed to join the program despite policies that limit admitting LGBTQ+ families and children.Key Facts
- The case involves St Mary Catholic Parish and the Archdiocese of Denver challenging Colorado’s decision.
- Colorado excluded these preschools from a taxpayer-funded universal preschool program because of their admission rules based on religious beliefs.
- The program was created by a 2020 ballot measure to provide free public preschool at centers parents choose.
- The state requires all participants to follow nondiscrimination laws, including those protecting LGBTQ+ people.
- The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has supported some religious rights claims but has been more cautious on LGBTQ+ issues.
- The court will revisit a 1990 decision that said religious beliefs do not exempt people from generally applicable laws.
- The schools and a Catholic family wanted the court to overturn that 1990 ruling, but the justices declined.
- The case is scheduled to be heard in the fall.
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