Supreme Court Considers Expanding Religious Liberties
The United States Supreme Court seems primed to decide a case that could dramatically alter long-standing jurisprudence concerning the constitutional prohibition against the establishment of religion. It heard arguments in April 2017 in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, when the questions and comments from the Justices seemed to favor a major decision in favor of religious freedom. Trinity Lutheran Church is in Columbia, Missouri. It operates a licensed preschool and daycare center on church premises. The preschool and daycare have an open admission policy, meaning that there is no preference shown based on a family’s religion. However, the Church sees the…