Funding Faith based schools

Chief Justice Roberts steers Court toward funding Catholic schools that keep faith-based admissions

Chief Justice John Roberts is steering the Supreme Court toward forcing Colorado to fund Catholic schools that follow church rules on marriage, over liberal justices' objections.

On Tuesday, as most of the country watched Election Day returns, the Supreme Court spent two hours on a free-exercise fight that could become the fourth major ruling requiring states to open public education funds to religious schools.

The case is Saint Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, and it pits Colorado’s universal preschool program against Catholic schools that will not abandon church teaching on marriage and sexuality to collect the money.

Colorado won in the lower courts by insisting every preschool that wants state funds must agree to a nondiscrimination policy covering sexual orientation and gender identity. The Catholic challengers say that condition forces them to violate sincere religious beliefs.

CNN reported that the argument tracked the same path Chief Justice John Roberts has walked since 2017.

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