Someone needs to tell them a 7-2 decision is a massacre! Poor things.
ACLJ: Supreme Court Decision in Scholarship Case Sanctions Religious Discrimination
February 25, 2004
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(Washington, D.C.) - The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning an appeals court decision that found the state of Washington discriminated against a college student when it denied the student state scholarship funds because he majored in Pastoral Ministries is very disappointing and “clearly sanctions religious discrimination.”
"We are very disappointed with a decision that clearly sanctions religious discrimination,” said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ, who presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court in December challenging the Washington state policy. “It is troubling that the decision is irreconcilable with more than a half century of Supreme Court precedent regarding the free exercise of religion. In this case, Josh Davey simply wanted to be treated equally on the same terms and conditions as other scholarship recipients. The decision does not prohibit states from structuring scholarship programs to permit the pursuit of a degree in devotional theology. The Supreme Court, however, missed an important opportunity to protect the constitutional rights of all students.”
http://www.aclj.org/news/pressreleases/040225_sc_decision_davey.asp