The Supreme Court sounds eager to make you pay for anti-LGBTQ schools

The Supreme Court’s questions in a new case suggest its conservative majority may require Colorado to fund religious schools even if they discriminate against LGBTQ families. Chief Justice John Roberts initially appeared open to upholding the state’s policy, but by the end of the hearing seemed closer to his Republican colleagues’ position.

Colorado’s preschool programme allows families to choose a school and includes religious schools, but bars any school receiving state money from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The Catholic schools challenging the policy want public funding while excluding children of same-sex couples; they can continue operating without state money. The case goes beyond a 2022 ruling that required Maine to include religious schools in a voucher programme, because Colorado already permits religious schools to participate.