Maine law provides state funding for students who live in School districts without a secondary school. The Supreme Court today declared that Maine must provide such funding to schools that deny enrollment to students based on the students own religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity. So, in the opinion of C.J. Roberts and the usual lineup of conservative Catholics on the Court, freedom of religion - the right to worship in a manner of your own choosing - requires Maine to fund what in any other context would be unlawful and is contrary to the principle of secular public education. - gwc
20-1088 Carson v. Makin (06/21/2022)Sotomayor dissenting:
***From a practical perspective, today’s decision directs the State of Maine (and, by extension, its taxpaying citizens) to subsidize institutions that undisputedly engage in religious instruction. ....In addition, while purporting to protect against discrimination of one kind, the Court requires Maine to fund what many of its citizens believe to be discrimination of other kinds.... See ante, at 16 (BREYER, J., dissenting) (summarizing Bangor Christian Schools’ and Temple Academy’s policies denying enrollment to students based on gender identity, sexual orientation, and religion). The upshot is that Maine must choose between giving subsidies to its residents or refraining from financing religious teaching and practices.
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