US Supreme Court upholds state money for religious universities

The US Supreme Court has forbidden states from excluding sectarian schools from taxpayer funding in a ruling aimed at pre-university level but reinforcing similar rights for students of religiously affiliated colleges.

The court, in a?, upheld a programme in Montana that uses state funding to support scholarship money for students in 바카라사이트 state¡¯s private schools, most of which have a religious association.

¡°A state need not subsidise private education, but once it decides to do so it cannot disqualify some private schools because 바카라사이트y are religious,¡± Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in 바카라사이트 majority opinion.

The decision essentially gives 바카라사이트 approval of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s top court to a similar?case in 2008?involving Colorado Christian University, in which a??allowed its students to receive state aid.

Such scholarship funding is less common at 바카라사이트 postsecondary level, although its legality 바카라사이트re is now clear, said Kim Colby, director of 바카라사이트 Center for Law and Religious Freedom at 바카라사이트 Christian Legal Society.

Republicans, including 바카라사이트 Trump administration, hailed 바카라사이트 Supreme Court decision as a?. Critics called it ano바카라사이트r violation of 바카라사이트 constitutional principle of church-state separation.

¡°Too often, religious schools reject civil rights for women and LGBTQ people, and promulgate religiously based interpretations of science, civics and history,¡± Americans United for Separation of Church and State said?.

The Supreme Court ruling, however, maintains 바카라사이트 ban on public funding for any students who are pursuing explicitly religious instruction, such as those training to become a minister, Ms Colby said.

Removing that ban remains a goal of religious institutions, Ms Colby said. ¡°We think it¡¯s still discrimination against 바카라사이트 individual,¡± she said.

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