# SCOTUS Looks Ready to Let Public Money Fund Religious Discrimination

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/scotus-looks-ready-to-let-public-money-fund-religious-discrimination/
- Published: 2026-11-03T23:26:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T08:49:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/supreme-court-religious-descrimination-mary-catholic-parish-roy/
- Topics: Americas, Politics, World

## Key points

- Catholic preschools challenge Colorado’s nondiscrimination condition.
- The case concerns access to public preschool funding.
- Justices warned a ruling could reach beyond LGBTQ rights.

## Summary

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared likely to side with Catholic preschools seeking public funding while retaining the right to exclude LGBTQ children and families. The case could further expand the circumstances in which religious institutions receive taxpayer money without following rules that apply to other publicly funded providers.

Colorado’s preschool programme is open to religious schools, provided they agree not to discriminate based on characteristics including race, sexual orientation and gender identity. The Archdiocese of Denver, two parish preschools and two parents argue that this condition infringes religious freedom; Colorado and a lower court say it applies equally to all participating schools. The challengers and the Trump administration want courts to apply strict scrutiny, a demanding test that Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor warned could also affect protections against race discrimination.

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