Federal District Court Strikes Down KY Pandemic Restrictions On Private Religious Schools (Updated)

If social distancing is good enough for offices, colleges, and universities within the Commonwealth, it is good enough for religious private K–12 schools that benefit from constitutional protection. Ultimately “[t]he First Amendment protects the rights of religious institutions ‘to Decide for themselves, free from state interference, matters of church government as well as those of faith and doctrine.’” Our lady of Guadalupe school v. Morrissey-Berru, 140 S. Ct. 2049, 2055 (2020). Read more»

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT, Danville Christian Academy et al v. Beshear.

UPDATE Nov 29, 2020

Sixth Circuit reverses District Court Ruling

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    R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.

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