There is a development in the Colorado preschool case that I do not want you to
miss. The United States government has filed a brief supp...


Dear John,

There is a development in the Colorado preschool case that I do not want you
to miss.

The United States government has filed a brief supporting the Christian
families and preschools.

The government’s attorneys at the Department of Justice told the Supreme Court
that Colorado is forcing Catholic preschools to choose between remaining
faithful to their beliefs and receiving a public benefit available to nearly
2,000 other schools.

They concluded that Colorado's law "cannot pass muster" under the
Constitution, and asked the Supreme Court to reverse the lower court's ruling.

That is significant, but the fight is not over.

Colorado is still defending its power to withhold public benefits from
Christian schools unless theycomply with the state’s agenda on marriage,
gender, and family. The Justices will now weigh Colorado's arguments against
the voices of every family watching this case, including yours.

Now the date has been set.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on November 3.

That gives Americans a clear window in which to speak up about what is at
stake.

Please add your name and urge the Supreme Court to enforce the First Amendment
and protect Christian families.
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If the government of Colorado succeeds, other states will use the same tactic
wherever Christian beliefs collide with government conditions.

For faith and family,

Anna Derbyshire

P.S. Colorado is using preschool funding to punish Catholic schools that stay
true to their faith.Click here to sign the petition now!
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I have included my earlier message below if you would like to read more about
Dan and Lisa Sheley, and the case now before the Court.


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Colorado is punishing Christian preschools for refusing to deny their faith.

If the Supreme Court lets Colorado win, public money becomes a weapon against
faithful schools nationwide.

Demand the Justices restore equal access for Christian preschools now.

Sign the petition
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Dear John,

Dan and Lisa Sheley are raising seven children. Like millions of Christian
parents across America, they want what their children learn at school to
support the faith and values they teach at home.

So when Colorado promised families 15 hours of free preschool each week, Dan
and Lisa chose the preschool they trusted: their local parish school.

Their children would be taught by people they knew, in a place that shared
their Catholic faith. It should have been a simple choice.

Colorado made it anything but simple.

Colorado’s universal preschool program directs public funds to nearly 2,000
public and private preschools. The state has approved 17 special enrollment
preferences and has said additional preferences could include preschools
serving gender-nonconforming children.

Yet when Catholic preschools asked for an accommodation that would allow them
to participate without abandoning their beliefs about marriage, sexuality,
gender, and family, Colorado refused.

The benefit is worth about $6,000 per child. Dan and Lisa pay taxes like every
other Colorado family, but they mustpay thousands more because the preschool
they trust refuses to surrender its faith.

If Colorado can do this to Dan and Lisa, another state could do it to your
family.

Sign now and tell the Supreme Court: strike down Colorado’s discriminatory
police and restore equal access for Christian preschools.
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case and has scheduled oral arguments
for November 3.

Its eventual decision will reach far beyond Dan and Lisa’s family.

The question before the Justices is whether a state can offer public benefits
to families while refusing to accommodate religious schools that cannot comply
with the state’s demands without violating their faith.

Colorado argues that Catholic preschools are free to participate as long as
they comply with the state’s requirements. But those conditions would prevent
parish preschools from making enrollment decisions consistent with Catholic
teaching on marriage, sexuality, gender, and family.

If Colorado succeeds, other states will know exactly what to do. They can
create attractive public programs and attach conditions thatforce families to
choose between their faith and the benefits their taxes fund.

The same tactic could spread to school choice, childcare, foster care,
adoption, and ministries that serve the public.

This case will help determine whether religious freedom still protects
Christians when they step outside their homes and churches to educate children
and serve their communities.

Please sign the petition and urge the Supreme Court to rule that public
benefits cannot be used to pressure Christian schools into abandoning their
biblical faith.

Add your name now and urge the Justices to defend the First Amendment - before
other states copy Colorado’s playbook.
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The First Amendment does not allow a state to punish Americans for the free
exercise of their religion.

Colorado cannot use a public benefit to force Christian families and schools
to embrace the state’s agenda about gender, marriage, and family - and it
cannot offer exceptions to favored groups while denying Christians an
accommodation for their faith.

The Supreme Court has already ruled that states cannot exclude religious
institutions from public benefits simply because they are religious. Colorado
is trying to get around those decisions by calling its demands neutral
“conditions” that apply to everyone.

But there is nothing neutral about telling a Catholic school that it may
receive public funding only after it agrees to act against its Catholic beliefs.

That is coercion by the state.

The government cannot make religious surrender the price of equal treatment.
It cannot use tax-funded programs to drive Christian families toward schools
that teach the state’s ideology while making a faithful education more
expensive.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on November 3. The time for you to
be counted is now, before the Justices hear the case and decide whether
Colorado may make religious surrender the price of equal treatment.

Sign today and demand the Supreme Court reject Colorado’s coercion and restore
equal access for Christian preschools.
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For faith and family,

Anna Derbyshire

P.S. Colorado is blocking preschools from a "universal" program simply because
they refuse to abandon their faith. The Supreme Court will hear the case on
November 3. Click here to sign the petition now!
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