Posted by Runshouse21 at 68-173-205-233.nyc.rr.com on February 25, 2004 at 21:59:50:
From tomorrows NY Times
Thoughts?.. I think I disagree but I wanna hear other views.
The Supreme Court ruled today, in a case watched by public officials and educators across the country, that the states can withhold public scholarship money from students pursuing religious studies.
The justices decided, 7 to 2, that Washington State had the right to deny scholarship aid to a college student who was studying to be a minister.
The majority rejected arguments that the exclusion of divinity students from the state's Promise Scholarship Program was an unconstitutional burden on the free exercise of religion.