U.S. Supreme Court to hear Maine dispute over religious schools
By Andrew Chung
July 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday took up a challenge by two families with children attending Christian schools to a Maine tuition assistance program that bars taxpayer money from being used to pay for religious educational institutions in a case that could further narrow the separation of church and state.
The justices agreed to hear an appeal by the families of a lower court ruling in favor of the state that concluded that Maine's program did not violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion. (Reporting by Andrew Chung in New York; Editing by Will Dunham)
