{"id":1948571,"date":"2023-06-15T19:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T23:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-stops-enforcing-law-excluding-religious-colleges-from-free-enrollment-program\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T19:22:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T23:22:54","slug":"minnesota-stops-enforcing-law-excluding-religious-colleges-from-free-enrollment-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-stops-enforcing-law-excluding-religious-colleges-from-free-enrollment-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota no longer enforces law excluding religious colleges from free enrollment program."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-stops-enforcing-law-excluding-religious-colleges-from-free-enrollment-program%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1948571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Minnesota Agrees to Stop Enforcing Discriminatory Law Against Religious Universities<\/h2>\n<p>Minnesota has taken a significant step by agreeing to halt the enforcement of a law that prohibits religious universities from participating in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-increases-vaccine-supply-after-bi-partisan-letter-from-governors\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Increases Vaccine Supply After Bi-Partisan Letter From Governors\">state program<\/a> that allows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">high school students<\/a> to earn free college credits. This decision comes after Christian parents and two Christian universities filed a lawsuit against Governor Tim Walz and Education Commissioner Willie Jett, claiming that the law is discriminatory. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is representing these groups and challenged the law in May.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not every day that a state asks a federal court to tie its hands to prevent it from enforcing its own anti-religious law\u2014but Minnesota has done just that,&#8221; said Becket senior counsel Diana Thomson in a press release. &#8220;As this effort to walk back demonstrates, the state didn\u2019t do its homework before it passed this unconstitutional law. The next step is for the court to strike down this ban for good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Minnesota law altered the eligibility criteria for the Post Secondary Enrollment Options program, which previously allowed faith-based institutions to participate since its inception in 1985. However, on May 24, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-stops-enforcing-law-excluding-religious-colleges-from-free-enrollment-program\/\" title=\"Minnesota no longer enforces law excluding religious colleges from free enrollment program.\">state began excluding faith-based institutions<\/a> from the program, leading parents Mark and Melinda Loe, Dawn Erickson, and schools Crown College and University of Northwestern \u2013 St. Paul to file a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We are glad that Minnesota has agreed not to punish our children and many students like them for wanting to learn at schools that reflect their values,&#8221; expressed the Loes, who have PSEO funds for their children. &#8220;They should be able to pursue the same great opportunities as all other students in the state without politicians in St. Paul getting in the way. We hope the court will eventually strike this law down for good and protect all religious students and the schools they want to attend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Supreme Court has previously invalidated similar restrictions, as seen in the case of Carson v. Makin, where the court ruled that Maine could not discriminate against religious schools in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parish-creates-ransom-fund-that-pays-parents-to-take-their-kids-out-of-public-school\/\" title=\"Parish Creates \u2018Ransom\u2019 Fund That Pays Parents To Take Their Kids Out Of Public School\">tuition assistance program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a response to the Carson decision, Maine amended its law to state that religious schools cannot discriminate against other religions in their profession of faith, which led to a new legal challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Walz, Commissioner Jett, and Attorney General Keith Ellison have not provided a comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota has halted the enforcement of a law preventing religious universities from joining a state program that enables high school students to earn college credits for free. 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