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June 30, 2017

Why Jews Should Welcome the Supreme Court Ruling That Missouri Can’t Deny Funding to a Church Playground

It’s an advance, not a setback, for freedom of religion.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the case of Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer, in which a church was denied a state grant for installing a safe surface, made from recycled tires, for its preschool’s playground. In keeping with its state constitution, Missouri normally gives grants to schools that make such improvements so long as they are not affiliated with religious institutions. The court declared this provision, when so applied, to be unlawful religious discrimination. Michael A. Helfand comments:

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