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US Supreme Court hits deadlock in case of publicly funded religious school

The US Supreme Court has a conservative supermajority that has shown sympathy for expanding religious freedoms in the past [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

The United States Supreme Court has reached a deadlock in a case over whether a religious charter school in Oklahoma should be publicly funded.

Thursday’s tie vote allows a lower court ruling to stand. Previously, Oklahoma’s state-level Supreme Court had barred the use of government funds to establish the St Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, citing constitutional limits to the government’s role in religion.

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