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SCOTUS to Decide if Colorado Can Exclude Catholic Schools from Pre-K Program over Rejection of Same-Sex Couples
Breitbart ^ | April 21, 2026 | Katherine Hamilton

Posted on 04/21/2026 8:34:25 AM PDT by Morgana

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh in on whether Colorado can exclude Catholic schools from its universal pre-K program over their rejection of students who have same-sex parents.

The Catholic preschool in Littleton, Colorado, filed a lawsuit against Colorado arguing that its exclusion from the preschool program is religious discrimination and violates the First Amendment, Politico reported. Specifically, the school says it is being discriminated against because the state will not provide an exemption from its rules and would require the school to admit everyone, including students who identify as LGBTQ+ and students who have LGBTQ+ parents.

Colorado has argued that their program includes faith-based preschools but mandates the schools comply with the state’s anti-discrimination laws, which includes discrimination against LGBTQ+ people, according to the report.

Both a federal district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit sided with Colorado. The Trump administration is backing the Catholic preschools in the legal battle and called the lower court rulings “deeply problematic.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: catholic; colorado; lgbtq; littleton
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Would these kids attend a Muslim school?
1 posted on 04/21/2026 8:34:25 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

First amendment sez wot?


2 posted on 04/21/2026 8:39:39 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Morgana

Montgomery co was forced to exempt religious families over another Supreme Court ruling


3 posted on 04/21/2026 8:42:30 AM PDT by revivaljoe ( )
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To: Morgana
This is s perfect case to define the epearation of Church and State.

The State cannot make church laws/rules anymore than the church can make state laws.

They will NOT be excluded.

4 posted on 04/21/2026 8:44:11 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Morgana
At some point, patriotic Americans are going to have to figure out that the only solution to this nonsense is to get government out of education entirely.
5 posted on 04/21/2026 8:57:07 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: Morgana
(students who identify as LGBTQ+ and students who have LGBTQ+ parents.)

SATAN is using the Godless Reprobate Agendas to DESTROY NORMAL SOCIETY all over the World 🌎🌏🌍 with his old lies from Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis chapter 19




6 posted on 04/21/2026 8:57:52 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Sacajaweau

I’m not sure there are too many folks on this website who would be comfortable with a state-funded pre-K program with a sharia law curriculum.


7 posted on 04/21/2026 8:59:25 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If I leave here, it’s because I’m tired of arguing with geriatric parrots wearing MAGA hats.)
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To: Alberta's Child
get government out of education entirely.

100% ... the whole idea of government-run "public" education is poisonous to a free (as in liberty) society.

8 posted on 04/21/2026 9:07:33 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Morgana

School takes the state money. School complies with the state requirements for taking the state money. Don’t like it...change the state requirements through the legislative process.


9 posted on 04/21/2026 9:19:42 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: Sacajaweau

” State cannot make church laws/rules anymore than the church can make state laws. They will NOT be excluded.”

I always flip like this around.

Would I want Islamic schools teaching Sharia excluded from taxpayer funded schools?

Yes, yes, I would.

So, to be consistent, I’d want this excluded.


10 posted on 04/21/2026 9:20:21 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Morgana
SCOTUS created this problem by falsely extending Constitutional protection to sexual perversion.

Doing so was always going to create a conflict between government enforcement of this "civil right" against 1st Amendment protections for the free exercise of traditional religion.

It's not the Catholic daycare or Colorado really on trial here, it's SCOTUS itself trying to address the stupid conflict it created by legislating from the bench.

11 posted on 04/21/2026 9:22:21 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: MeanWestTexan
Would I want Islamic schools teaching Sharia excluded from taxpayer funded schools?

How about taxpayer funds for schools that teach faggotry, transgenderism, racial bigotry, abortion, and atheism?

Because that's what we have, right here and now, in every government school in America.

12 posted on 04/21/2026 9:23:50 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Sacajaweau

Is this a Blair amendment case?


13 posted on 04/21/2026 9:58:00 AM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Morgana

Colorado where they think the 1st amendment protects the state from religion not religion from the state.


14 posted on 04/21/2026 9:58:57 AM PDT by pas
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To: NorthMountain
“ the whole idea of government-run "public" education is poisonous to a free (as in liberty) society.”

As Voddie Baucham said..”If you send your kids to Caesar to be educated don’t be shocked when they come back as Romans.”

15 posted on 04/21/2026 10:07:42 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Mashood

Did you skip Step 1? : State takes parents money..


16 posted on 04/21/2026 11:10:21 AM PDT by A strike (miss Rush but miss CharlieKirk more)
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To: NorthMountain

I agree with you. All that needs to go.


17 posted on 04/21/2026 11:37:21 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: MeanWestTexan

“That” will go if and only if government is entirely separated from education.


18 posted on 04/21/2026 11:41:16 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

Probably.

Or education is so limited in curriculum that there is little ability to put in garbage.


19 posted on 04/21/2026 12:20:20 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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