Maine religious schools might not participate in state tuition program, despite Supreme Court victory

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But the state attorney general said the ruling will be for naught unless the schools are willing to abide by the same anti-discrimination law as other private schools that participate in the program.

But the state attorney general said the ruling will be for naught unless the schools are willing to abide by the same antidiscrimination law as other private schools that participate in the program.

"The education provided by the schools at issue here is inimical to a public education. They promote a single religion to the exclusion of all others, refuse to admit gay and transgender children, and openly discriminate in hiring teachers and staff," he said in a statement. If the state truly intends to use the state law to create another obstacle, then more litigation will be inevitable, said Carroll Conley, executive director of the Christian Civic League of Maine.

The most immediate effect of the court's ruling beyond Maine probably will be in nearby Vermont, which has a similar program. The updated law, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Craig Hickman, the first openly gay African American to serve in both chambers of the Legislature, bans discrimination in education on the basis of"sex, sexual orientation or gender identity," among other things.

 

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