{"id":72307,"date":"2026-02-09T01:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=72307"},"modified":"2026-02-09T01:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T01:45:04","slug":"catholic-bishops-families-ask-supreme-court-to-rule-for-catholic-schools-in-colorado-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/catholic-bishops-families-ask-supreme-court-to-rule-for-catholic-schools-in-colorado-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Katholische Bisch\u00f6fe und Familien bitten den Obersten Gerichtshof um ein Urteil zugunsten katholischer Schulen im Prozess in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/storage\/image\/colorado-capitol.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">Kapitol des Bundesstaates Colorado in Denver. \/ Bildnachweis: Shutterstock<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>CNA-Mitarbeiter, 19. Dez. 2025 \/ 11:52 Uhr (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>Die US-Bischofskonferenz, ein B\u00fcndnis katholischer Familien und zahlreiche weitere F\u00fcrsprecher haben beim Obersten Gerichtshof der USA eine Petition eingereicht, damit dieser zugunsten katholischer Schulen entscheidet, die in das universelle Vorschulf\u00f6rderprogramm Colorados aufgenommen werden m\u00f6chten.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Die Religionsfreiheits-Kanzlei Becket erkl\u00e4rte in <a href=\"https:\/\/becketfund.org\/media\/22-states-prominent-legal-scholar-diverse-faith-groups-back-catholic-parents-preschools-at-supreme-court\/\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">einer Mitteilung vom 18. Dezember<\/a> , dass die F\u00fcrsprecher der katholischen Schulen \u2013 darunter zahlreiche religi\u00f6se Gruppen, juristische Organisationen und politische Interessenvertretungen \u2013 das h\u00f6chste Gericht dazu dr\u00e4ngen, gegen den \u201ediskriminierenden Ausschluss\u201c der konfessionellen Schulen durch Colorado zu entscheiden.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Die Erzdi\u00f6zese Denver und eine Gruppe katholischer Vorschulen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/267857\/denver-archdiocese-catholic-schools-ask-supreme-court-for-access-to-preschool-program\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">bat den Obersten Gerichtshof <\/a>im November darum, ihnen den Zugang zum Programm in Colorado zu erm\u00f6glichen, nachdem das US-Berufungsgericht f\u00fcr den 10. Bezirk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/266901\/colorado-court-rules-against-catholic-preschools-in-school-choice-program\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">im September entschieden hatte<\/a> , dass der Bundesstaat die Vorschulen weiterhin von der Bildungsfinanzierung ausschlie\u00dfen darf.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Der Bundesstaat hat diese Schulen von der Finanzierung ausgeschlossen, weil sie von Lehrern und Familien verlangen, eine Verpflichtungserkl\u00e4rung zur Wahrung ihrer religi\u00f6sen Mission zu unterzeichnen, einschlie\u00dflich der Lehren zu Sexualit\u00e4t und Geschlechtsidentit\u00e4t.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/20251217161323\/USCCB-Amicus-Brief.pdf\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">in einem Amicus-Schriftsatz<\/a> diese Woche erkl\u00e4rten die US-Bisch\u00f6fe, dass die Regelung in Colorado \u201ekatholischen Vorschulen den Zugang zu einem staatlichen Studienbeihilfeprogramm allein deshalb verwehrt, weil diese Schulen an der katholischen Lehre \u00fcber die menschliche Sexualit\u00e4t festhalten.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Das Bestehenbleiben dieser Regelung w\u00fcrde anderen Regierungen einen \u201eFahrplan\u201c bieten, um die Rechte religi\u00f6ser Amerikaner gem\u00e4\u00df dem Ersten Verfassungszusatz im ganzen Land zu verletzen, argumentierten die Bisch\u00f6fe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Den Ausschluss der Schulen zuzulassen, \u201ewird die F\u00e4higkeit katholischer Organisationen und anderer konfessioneller Dienstleister beeintr\u00e4chtigen, mit staatlichen und lokalen Beh\u00f6rden zusammenzuarbeiten, um der \u00d6ffentlichkeit zu dienen\u201c, so die Pr\u00e4laten, die argumentierten, dass der \u201edaraus resultierende Schaden f\u00fcr die soziale Infrastruktur des Landes immens w\u00e4re.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com\/20251203155539\/The-Conscience-Project-and-Catholic-Families-Amicus-Brief_St-Mary-Catholic-Parish-v-Roy.pdf\" target=\"null\" class=\"null\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">another filing<\/a>, ein B\u00fcndnis katholischer Familien, erkl\u00e4rte, es betrachte katholische Schulen als \u201ewesentliche Partner\u201c bei ihrer Mission, ihren Kindern den katholischen Glauben zu vermitteln. Die Regelung in Colorado w\u00fcrde die katholischen Schulen jedoch dazu zwingen, auf eine Weise zu arbeiten, die \u201enicht mit ihren religi\u00f6sen \u00dcberzeugungen und ihrer Mission vereinbar ist.\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mehrere Familien in dem Schriftsatz \u2013 die alle vier oder mehr Kinder haben \u2013 bezeugten die pr\u00e4gende Rolle, die katholische Vorschulen f\u00fcr sie gespielt haben. Die Familien erkl\u00e4rten, sie \u201ewollen, dass ihre Kinder die Lehren der katholischen Kirche \u00fcber das Wesen der menschlichen Person annehmen\u201c, und dass die staatliche Regelung ihre F\u00e4higkeit dazu durch katholische Schulen behindere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zu den zahlreichen weiteren Amicus-Einreichern geh\u00f6ren die Thomas More Society, das Center for American Liberty und Concerned Women for America sowie religi\u00f6se Gruppen, die Lutheraner, Evangelikale, Juden und Muslime vertreten.<\/p>\n<p>Der Schulsuperintendent der Erzdi\u00f6zese Denver, Scott Elmer, sagte \u00fcber Becket, die Erzdi\u00f6zese sei \u201edem\u00fctig\u201c angesichts der gezeigten Unterst\u00fctzung.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201eUnsere Vorschulen bitten nicht um eine Sonderbehandlung, sondern nur um eine Gleichbehandlung\u201c, sagte er und dr\u00fcckte die Hoffnung aus, dass der Oberste Gerichtshof \u201ediesen Fall annimmt und das Versprechen einer universellen Vorschule f\u00fcr jede Familie in Colorado aufrechterh\u00e4lt.\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Der Oberste Gerichtshof hat noch nicht entschieden, ob er den Fall verhandeln wird. Becket teilte mit, dass das h\u00f6chste Gericht wahrscheinlich \u201eAnfang 2026\u201c dar\u00fcber entscheiden werde, ob es den Fall annimmt.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/268591\/catholic-bishops-families-ask-supreme-court-to-rule-for-catholic-schools-in-colorado-suit\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/268591\/catholic-bishops-families-ask-supreme-court-to-rule-for-catholic-schools-in-colorado-suit<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado state capitol in Denver. \/ Credit: Shutterstock CNA Staff, Dec 19, 2025 \/ 11:52 am (CNA). The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a coalition of Catholic families, and numerous other advocates are petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of Catholic schools seeking to be included in Colorado\u2019s universal preschool funding program.\u00a0 [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":77342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-72307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Catholic-bishops-families-ask-Supreme-Court-to-rule-for-Catholic-schools-in-Colorado-suit.png?fit=2692%2C752&quality=69&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69319,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/denver-archdiocese-catholic-schools-ask-supreme-court-for-access-to-preschool-program\/","url_meta":{"origin":72307,"position":0},"title":"Denver Archdiocese, Catholic schools ask Supreme Court for access to preschool program","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Februar 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"null \/ Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2025 \/ 11:00 am (CNA). 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