Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
Coverage of Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in the Nexus archive.
- Supreme Court showdown looms over St Michael statue blocked from public safety building
A legal dispute in Massachusetts centers on whether a city can install statues of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian outside its public safety building, with the case potentially reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. The Becket Fund represents Quincy, while the ACLU and other groups argue the statues violate religious neutrality principles under the Massachusetts Constitution.
- Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving Catholic preschools in Colorado challenging their exclusion from a state-funded universal preschool program due to their refusal to admit children from LGBTQ+ families. The schools argue that the state's nondiscrimination requirements violate their religious rights, while Colorado maintains that religious institutions must comply with anti-discrimination laws to participate in taxpayer-funded programs.