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Can government discriminate against a church, just because it is a church?

April 29, 2016 | By MERIEM L. HUBBARD

Does the exclusion of churches from an otherwise neutral and secular aid program violate the Free Exercise and Equal Protection Clauses of the U.S. Constitution? That is the question the Supreme Court will answer in the case of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Pauley. Trinity Lutheran Church operates a daycare which includes a playground  ...