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Posted on 04/25/2026 7:33:24 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The Supreme Court agreed this month to hear the appeal of a Catholic preschool in Colorado. And if the case turns out like Colorado’s other recent trips to the nation’s highest court, the result will be another resounding win for the First Amendment and another huge loss for a radical, secularized Colorado Democratic Party hell-bent on persecuting Christians in the Rocky Mountain State.
In 2020, Colorado voters passed a Universal Preschool Program that provides money for 15 hours of educational services per week for 4-year-olds at a private or public school of their parents’ choice. To be eligible, private schools were required to sign an agreement stating that they would accept any student “regardless of race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, lack of housing, income level, or disability.”
St. Mary’s Catholic Parish, in the Archdiocese of Denver, runs an inclusive preschool that serves students with disabilities, including Down syndrome and autism, and a student population in which 20% of families receive free or reduced-price meals. But in keeping with Catholic teaching, the school does not recognize same-sex relationships or transgender status. On that basis, Colorado denied the school the right to participate in the state’s not-so-universal preschool program.
“All we want is the freedom to choose the best preschool for our kids without being punished for our faith,” said parishioners Daniel and Lisa Sheley, parents of five children. “Colorado promised families a universal preschool program, then cut out families like ours because we chose a Catholic education.”
When it wants to, Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood makes exceptions to its “nondiscrimination” policies for other kinds of schools. The state admitted it would be fine with a preschool limiting enrollment to “gender-nonconforming children” or “children of color from historically underserved areas.”
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