US supreme court to hear arguments in Catholic preschools’ LGBTQ+ exclusion case
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 despite their rejection of children with LGBTQ+ parents. A decision in the case, St Mary Catholic…
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case involving Catholic preschools that claim it is unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program due to their admissions policy for LGBTQ+ families. This is the latest religious-rights case before the conservative-majority court. The Catholic preschools, along with St. Mary Catholic Parish and the Archdiocese of Denver, argue that the state's refusal to admit children from these families violates the state's anti-discrimination law.
They believe their policy is rooted in religious teachings about same-sex marriage and that excluding them also infringes upon their free-exercise rights. President Donald Trump's administration is backing the Catholic institutions. A favorable ruling for the preschools could further limit the scope of a 1990 Supreme Court decision that stated religious practices do not exempt individuals from laws applicable to everyone.
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