{"id":76809,"date":"2026-02-18T02:25:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=76809"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:25:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:25:29","slug":"u-s-solicitor-general-backs-colorado-catholics-in-dispute-over-universal-preschool-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/u-s-solicitor-general-backs-colorado-catholics-in-dispute-over-universal-preschool-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Amerikaanse procureur-generaal steunt katholieken in Colorado in geschil over universeel kleuteronderwijsprogramma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>De Amerikaanse solicitor general drong er vrijdag in een brief bij het Hooggerechtshof op aan om Colorado te beletten katholieke scholen uit te sluiten van het universele voorschoolse programma (UPK) van de staat.<\/p>\n<p>De 25 pagina's tellende amicus-brief, ingediend door Solicitor General John Sauer, Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris en Assistant to the Solicitor General Emily Hall, verzocht het Hooggerechtshof om de zaak over religieuze discriminatie in behandeling te nemen.<\/p>\n<p>De 'friend-of-the-court'-brief is de nieuwste ontwikkeling in de jarenlange juridische problemen waarmee religieuze voorscholen die aan het UPK willen deelnemen, te maken hebben. Het UPK-programma belooft gezinnen collegegeldhulp te bieden voor in aanmerking komende voorscholen, maar verschillende religieuze voorscholen zijn uitgesloten van het programma vanwege de vereisten met betrekking tot het mandaat voor gelijke kansen.<\/p>\n<p>Meest recentelijk handhaafde het Amerikaanse Hof van Beroep voor het 10e Circuit het UPK-programma, ondanks vermeende religieuze discriminatie tegen geloofsgebaseerde voorscholen. Als reactie hierop gaan de door de parochie beheerde voorscholen en het katholieke aartsbisdom Denver in beroep bij het Hooggerechtshof.<\/p>\n<p>De brief van de solicitor general benadrukte de \"ernst van de fout van het hof van beroep\". De solicitor general merkte op dat het UPK bepaalde vrijstellingen van de vereisten voor gelijke toegang verleent aan seculiere scholen, terwijl deze vrijstellingen aan religieuze scholen worden onthouden.<\/p>\n<p>\"De vrijstellingen van Colorado staan een verschillende behandeling toe voor sommige groepen, bijv. gezinnen met een laag inkomen of kinderen met een beperking, maar niet voor andere. Nu Colorado is afgeweken van universele onpartijdigheid, kan het niet beweren dat het toestaan van katholieke voorscholen om een voorkeur toe te passen op basis van katholieke leerstellingen over seksuele geaardheid en genderidentiteit de wet op unieke wijze zou ondermijnen\", aldus de brief.<\/p>\n<p>\"Het toestaan van herziening in deze zaak zou dit hof in staat stellen nuttige richtlijnen te bieden over een onderwerp waarmee lagere rechtbanken vaak worden geconfronteerd\", stelde de brief.<\/p>\n<p>Becket, de juridische groep voor godsdienstvrijheid die de zaak bepleit, verwelkomde de brief.<\/p>\n<p>\"De indiening van de solicitor general in deze zaak geeft het hof aan hoe schandalig, illegaal en gevaarlijk de discriminatie door Colorado is\", zei Nick Reaves, senior counsel bij Becket en hoofdadvocaat voor de voorscholen en gezinnen, in een <a href=\"https:\/\/becketfund.org\/media\/u-s-solicitor-general-backs-catholic-parents-preschools-at-supreme-court\/\">verklaring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\"De staat bestempelt een programma als 'universeel' en verbant vervolgens religieuze gezinnen en scholen eruit vanwege hun geloof\", vervolgde Reaves. \"Als dat soort uitsluiting mag blijven bestaan, is geen enkele religieuze groep veilig om uit het openbare leven te worden verdreven.\"<\/p>\n<p>Twintig andere partijen hebben <a href=\"https:\/\/becketfund.org\/case\/st-mary-catholic-parish-v-roy\/?section=caseLegal\">'friend-of-the-court'-brieven<\/a> ingediend namens de voorscholen sinds december 2025, waaronder de Thomas More Society, de United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, het Notre Dame Education Law Project, en West Virginia en 21 andere staten.<\/p>\n<p>\"Onze voorscholen bestaan om ouders te helpen die voor hun kinderen een opvoeding willen die geworteld is in het katholieke geloof\", zei Scott Elmer, chief mission officer voor het aartsbisdom Denver, in een november 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/becketfund.org\/media\/catholic-parents-and-preschools-ask-supreme-court-for-equal-treatment\/\">verklaring<\/a>. \"Het enige waar we om vragen is de mogelijkheid om gezinnen die voor een katholieke opvoeding kiezen, dezelfde toegang te bieden tot gratis voorschoolse diensten als beschikbaar is bij duizenden andere voorscholen in heel Colorado.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"We zijn dankbaar dat de solicitor general heeft erkend wat hier op het spel staat en zijn stem heeft toegevoegd aan een groeiend koor dat er bij het Hooggerechtshof op aandringt deze zaak te horen\", concludeerde Reaves.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/u-s-solicitor-general-backs-colorado-catholics-in-dispute-over-universal-preschool-program\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/u-s-solicitor-general-backs-colorado-catholics-in-dispute-over-universal-preschool-program<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States solicitor general urged the Supreme Court to stop Colorado from excluding Catholic schools from the state\u2019s universal preschool (UPK) program in a brief on Friday. The 25-page amicus brief, submitted by Solicitor General John Sauer, Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris, and Assistant to the Solicitor General Emily Hall, asked the Supreme [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"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-76809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69319,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/nl\/learn\/denver-archdiocese-catholic-schools-ask-supreme-court-for-access-to-preschool-program\/","url_meta":{"origin":76809,"position":0},"title":"Denver Archdiocese, Catholic schools ask Supreme Court for access to preschool program","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"februari 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"null \/ Credit: Wolfgang Schaller|Shutterstock CNA Staff, Nov 15, 2025 \/ 11:00 am (CNA). 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