Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars for the Advancement of Children’s Constitutional Rights in Support of Defendants-Appellees: St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy

Lauren Fontana, Catherine Smith, Tanya M. Washington, Robin Walker Sterling, Suzette Malveaux, Jeremiah Chin, Sara S. Hildebrand

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Abstract

Amici are scholars of children and the law, education law, family law, and anti-discrimination law. Amici draw this Court’s attention to the harms that four-year-olds in the LGBT community – LGBT children and children with LGBT parents – would bear should state-funded religious schools be granted a license to discriminate against them. An exemption to Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program’s equal-opportunity requirement would allow plaintiffs to discriminate against these children and plant unfair barriers in their paths to a high-quality education and inflict dignitary, psychological, and familial harms upon an entire class of young people solely because of their or their parents’ LGBT identities. The exemption would also force Colorado to give legal effect to private beliefs in violation of state statutory protections and federal constitutional mandates.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Oct 23 2024

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