Government · Statewide · CO · August 14, 2026
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Colorado's Exclusion of Catholic Preschools
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for November 3 in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, according to LibertyNation, citing the Court's newly released argument calendar. The case concerns Colorado's universal preschool program, launched in 2023, which offers eligible families a benefit worth over $6,000 for at least 15 hours of preschool weekly. More than 1,500 children across over 30 Catholic preschools were deemed ineligible for that funding solely because of the schools' religious affiliation, according to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents the plaintiffs. Colorado officials say the schools violate the program's nondiscrimination agreement because they decline to admit children of parents who identify as LGBT. The schools argue their faith-based admissions policies are protected under the First Amendment. Becket senior counsel Nicholas Reaves stated the Court has 'repeatedly held that states cannot exclude families from government benefits because of their faith.' The same five-day argument session will also include an eminent domain case and a federal prisoner's civil rights suit, both scheduled for November 9.
Source: libertynation.com
Why Bible-Believing Christians Should Care
This case tests whether a state can condition public benefits on a religious school abandoning biblical convictions about marriage and sexuality. Colorado is not attacking Catholic doctrine as such — it is using a 'nondiscrimination' requirement to force any religious school, Catholic or Protestant, to choose between government funding and fidelity to Scripture's teaching that God created humanity male and female and that marriage is between one man and one woman. A ruling against the schools would set precedent usable against any Bible-believing institution that maintains biblical admissions standards. Christians should watch this case closely, regardless of denominational label, because the underlying free-exercise principle protects every church-run school, ministry, or program that refuses to compromise on Scripture's moral teaching in exchange for state money.
We ought to obey God rather than men. — Acts 5:29
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The primary weapon here is the weaponization of civil rights language. Activists hold the government to its stated commitment to equal protection, then redefine equality, meaning equal treatment under law, as equity, meaning equal outcomes. By holding the agency to the new definition they turn the machinery of justice into an engine of social engineering. The Title IX rulemaking examined in Chapter 8d is the clearest recent example of the full sequence.
— Chapter 20, “The Anatomy of Capture”
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