OPINION: Supreme Court strikes a blow for religious freedom in education
, the funding goes to the school as a result of the parents' free choice. No one can argue that a state is establishing a religion where the parents independently choose from a wide variety of options. However, just because states can pay for religious school options didn’t mean they had to. Or did it?
Despite these rulings, Maine continued to insist that it does not stop parents from choosing schools because they are religious , but because they do religious things . Some difference.as unconstitutional. Writing for a 6-3 majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said that the Maine"effectively penalizes the free exercise of religion" when it prohibits parents from choosing religious educational options in a school choice program.
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