Supreme Court takes Catholic preschool LGBT case
The gist
The Supreme Court heard arguments in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy over Colorado's preschool funding rules.
A ruling by late June could decide whether religious schools take public money without antidiscrimination conditions.
How it unfolded
- 2020Colorado's universal preschool program was approved as part of a statewide referendum, providing taxpayer funds for parents to send children to their preferred preschool.
- 2023Colorado children became eligible for 15 hours per week of publicly funded preschool before kindergarten, with participating schools required to give all children equal opportunity to enroll regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
- 2023The preschools filed a lawsuit after being denied a religious exemption from the equal opportunity mandate; the parishes running them sued the state that August.