U.S. Supreme Court
Court Won’t Walk Church-State Line
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear two religion cases yesterday, keeping the church-state issue off the docket entirely so far this term.
One case was a challenge by Christian charities to a law requiring employers to pay for birth control pills. Another challenged a public library’s refusal to allow an evangelical group to use the facility for worship services.
“Both cases potentially tested lines that the Supreme Court has drawn to separate those accommodations of religion that governments are required to make from those that are not required or, perhaps, are even forbidden,” the New York Times reports.
