NYT: Supreme Court Approves Denial of Divinity Scholarships

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 — The Supreme Court ruled today, in a case watched by public officials and educators across the country, that the states can withhold public scholarship money from students pursuing religious studies.

The justices decided, 7 to 2, that Washington State had the right to deny scholarship aid to a college student who was studying to be a minister.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/25/national/25CND-SCOT.html?hp

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1. The two desenters

You could have guessed without looking...

Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, the dissenters, found that reasoning unpersuasive. "The indignity of being singled out for special burdens on the basis of one's religious calling is so profound that the concrete harm produced can never be dismissed as insubstantial," Justice Scalia wrote.

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2. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion here:

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pagerbear, it would be very helpful if you could post your New York Times link in the above thread.

Thanks!

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