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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court took another major step toward obliterating the wall separating church and state by holding that the state of Maine is constitutionally required to subsidize religious education when it pays for private secular education. The implications of this decision in mandating government financial support for religion…

In an extremely important church-and-state decision, the Supreme Court has held that if the state of Maine decides to pay for a child’s private education in lieu of a public one, it must allow its tuition money to be used at religious schools. The 6-3 decision, Carson v. Makin, profoundly…

For nearly three-quarters of a century, one issue in education has come up before the Supreme Court more than any other: disputes over religion.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its support for religious schools, ruling that parents who send their children to these institutions have a right to tuition aid if the state provides it to similar private schools.

The decision is an important victory for both the principle of nondiscrimination and parents and students seeking better educational opportunities.

Conservative majority’s ruling in Carson v Makin could make it easier for religious schools to get public money

The six-to-three ruling is the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions in recent years expanding religious rights.

States may not "exclude some members of the community from an otherwise generally available public benefit because of their religious exercise,” says SCOTUS.

Liberal justice delivers warning after ruling that state of Maine cannot exclude religious schools from tuition programme

Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that public funds can be used to support families sending their children to religious schools, in a case that challenged longstanding principles of separation of church and state.

The court said that Maine is excluding "otherwise eligible schools on the basis of their religious exercise."