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Tenth Circuit Rules Colorado Scholarships Must Include "Pervasively Sectarian" Schools

Colorado Christian University filed suit, claiming the state is not even *allowed* to leave them out of the scholarship initiative on this basis. The state countered that the Supreme Court's decision in Locke v. Davey - which supported the state's right to refuse public scholarships for a major in devotional theology - does allow them to make such a determination. Today's ruling sides with Colorado Christian University, overturning the district court, and adding more ammunition to those who would argue that "pervasively sectarian" may no longer be a standard by which states are allowed to deny public funds.

Full post as published by Blog From The Capital on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).