The Supreme Court begins its 2026–27 term today with several cases capable of reshaping the boundary between government and religion. Among them is a Colorado dispute involving Catholic preschools that participate in the state’s publicly funded preschool program but object to nondiscrimination requirements involving sexual orientation and gender identity. The Court has also agreed to hear a Kentucky church’s religious-land-use case, while a Texas Ten Commandments classroom dispute is among the closely watched matters surrounding the new term. AP News
These cases keep returning to the same difficult question: When government offers something to everybody, can it tell religious people they may participate only if they leave part of their religion behind?
Christians should be careful here. Religious liberty shouldn’t mean Christian privilege. Whatever constitutional principle protects a Catholic preschool should also protect a Jewish school, Muslim organization or nonreligious group when the circumstances are comparable.
One of the most important features of our Constitution is the protection it provides in keeping Caesar from deciding which beliefs are acceptable.
Read today’s AP overview of the new Supreme Court term
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