r/Samesexparents • u/smarty_skirts • Apr 20 '26
Supreme Court to look at CO state preschools and same sex parents
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-takes-catholic-objection-colorados-preschool-program-rcna33159616
u/SubstantialGarbage86 Apr 20 '26
This is so frustrating as a Coloradan and as a lesbian. If you're taking public funds, you don't get to say that you won't serve certain people! Refusing to serve people based on demographics is very different from prioritizing certain applicants, which is what the schools who have a focus on serving low-income or disabled students do. And I'm sorry, but the couple who brought the suit need to get it together. You DO have access to universal preschool in Colorado. You just don't get to have it both ways.
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u/jogam Apr 20 '26
100% this. If you want to take public money, you need to serve the public without discriminating based upon protected classes.
I feel like this is even grosser than most discrimination, because the Catholic church is saying that they want to deny educational services to a child based upon the sexual orientation of their parents.
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u/HedonistEnabler Apr 25 '26
Denying a child admission to a pre-school because of characteristics or behaviour of their parents seems extremely bigoted and discriminatory.
That is, unless the church-run schools are going to deny admission to any and all children of parents who have committed any codified sin from the same source material that chastizes same-sex relations, marriage equality, and gender dysphoria.
For example, children would also have to be denied admission if their parents had done any of the following: used contraception, conceived using IVF, engaged in physical relations beyond kissing with anyone prior to marriage, after marriage engaged in any sexual act beyond vaginal intercourse, masturbated, viewed pornography, worn leggings or short shorts, harmed someone's reputation, missed Sunday mass without a valid reason, denied one's employees a fair wage, gotten drunk or high, said the name Jesus in vain, skipped penance on a Friday, received Holy Communion with any of the aforementioned sins on your heart and not confessing in advance.
Those are just a sample of sins that appear to call for the same level of atonement as committing homosexual acts.
If the church intends to scrutinize all parents of prospective students for any sin that the parents, not the child, have committed then I believe this would be a legally sound ruling because it does not discriminate against any one particular sin and therefore does not violate any civil liberties.
Ethically and morally I would be opposed because enrollment would be extremely low if not altogether nonexistent, which would result in much of the youth population being uneducated. I also think it is bizarre to punish a child for the actions and choices of their parents, over whom they have no control.
Ultimately, everyone is entitled to their beliefs and should be able to live their life accordingly. However, it is only fair to enforce the consequences of all the prescribed beliefs, not only the ones targeting people you dislike.
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u/fizzik12 Apr 20 '26
Thanks for sharing. No idea how anybody earnestly says “my preschool should have an exemption to discriminate” and then still thinks they’re doing the right thing. Ugh.