In what many are calling an unwarranted assault on religious freedom, the ACLU is attempting to undermine West Virginia's laudable effort to support vocational education through a $5 million grant to the College of St. Joseph the Worker. This Catholic trade college aims to provide essential skills and education in alignment with Christian values, yet it finds itself under fire from an organization seemingly determined to strip away the fabric of faith-based education under the guise of 'separation of church and state.'
ACLU Attacks Religious Freedom with Lawsuit Against West Virginia's Support for Catholic College
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null / Credit: Ulf Wittrock/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 16, 2025 / 16:45 pm (CNA). The American Humanist Association (AHA) filed a lawsuit to block West Virginia from awarding a $5 million grant to the College of St. Joseph the Worker — a Cat…
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In a decisive move to protect the constitutional separation of church and state, the ACLU has launched a legal challenge against West Virginia's controversial decision to allocate $5 million of taxpayer money to the College of St. Joseph the Worker, a Catholic vocational institution. Critics argue this grant blatantly disregards the secular principles upon which the United States was founded, favoring one religious belief system over others and potentially setting a dangerous precedent for religious favoritism in public funding.
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