Is EXCLUDING a School on the Basis of Religion Also Discrimination?

From Cape Outlook:

Does a state violate the U.S. Constitution when it excludes religious institutions from an aid program with an entirely public purpose solely because they are religious? That’s the fundamental question the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to answer this year when on January 15 it decided to hear the case of Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley.

The precise issue before the court is, “Whether the exclusion of churches from an otherwise neutral and secular aid program violates the Free Exercise and Equal Protection Clauses when the state has no valid Establishment Clause concern.” Justices will likely hear arguments this spring and render a decision in June.

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