The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday to determine whether Catholic schools in Colorado can sue the state after it barred them from participating in a preschool voucher program.
Colorado has a program that funds preschool education, and parents can pick from public or private schools. To receive funding, the school must enroll children “regardless of race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, lack of housing, income level, or disability.”
Catholic schools in the state are ineligible since they refuse to admit children of same-sex couples. Doing so would compromise their “mission and Catholic identity” and cause “confusion about the nature of marriage for all students enrolled,” they argue. …