Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with LGBTQ children or parents have filed a lawsuit seeking to participate in a state-funded program.
The legal action centers on enrollment policies that exclude LGBTQ families and asserts that the schools should be permitted to participate in the publicly funded program despite those policies.
Advocates say the case highlights broader tensions between the rights of religious institutions to operate according to their beliefs and the eligibility requirements for government-funded education programs.