This post was contributed by Dale McDonald, PBVM, PhD, NCEA Director of Public Policy.
NCEA has joined with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the Missouri Catholic Conference, and other religious organizations in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in a case entitled Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley. The case challenges the decision of the state of Missouri to deny the church a grant for resurfacing their playground solely because the grant applicant is a religious organization. In joining the plaintiffs, NCEA states: “Religious discrimination that prevents students in faith-based schools from receiving secular benefits and services available to public school students is a violation of their exercise of their First Amendment rights.”
The full text of the brief is available here.
