Supreme Court sides with Missouri church in major church-state decision over use of public funds
Source: Washington Post
Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo., wanted to participate in a state program that reimbursed the cost of rubberizing the surface of playgrounds. But the state said that was not allowed. The exclusion raised big questions about how to uphold the Constitutions prohibition on government support for religion without discriminating against those who are religious.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
UPDATE:
The Supreme Court concluded its work for this session on Monday siding with religious institutions in a major church-state decision. The court ruled 7-2 that religious institutions may not be excluded from state programs with a secular intent in this case, making playgrounds safer.
Missouris state constitution, like those in about three dozen states, forbade government from spending any public money on any church, sect, or denomination of religion.
Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Mo., wanted to participate in a state program that reimburses the cost of rubberizing the surface of playgrounds. But the state said that was not allowed. The exclusion has raised big questions about how to uphold the Constitutions prohibition on government support for religion without discriminating against those who are religious.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/06/26/supreme-court-sides-with-missouri-church-in-major-church-state-decision-over-use-of-public-funds/
Calista241
(5,586 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)woodsprite
(11,916 posts)programs which are open to the community or for a daycare that is state licensed, even one that is held in the church.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)I.e., if the playground is not restricted for use by only that religious org's members - it is open to all.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)due to being posted by a host I'm supposing..
Pretty weird.
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)lark
(23,105 posts)With asswipe Gorsuch in place, rulings like this will keep coming. they will advantage churches, ahem, Christian churches only of course, every single way they can. They want to destroy public education so they will continue to push the religious version so they can destroy the ability of the poor to be informed.
Jose Garcia
(2,598 posts)Democrats_win
(6,539 posts)Robert's illegitimate supreme court establishes state funding of false religion. Now taxpayers are forced to fund religious institutions that do not follow God. This is against MY religion. You know like how they refuse to allow state funding of abortions. False religions just won't give up the control of human beings that they've "enjoyed" for millennia.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)funds. It was not about funding schools or churches but about playground safety for children.