The Orthodox Union filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting a pilot school voucher program in Cleveland. The program, which grants up to $2,250 to low- income children for use at private or parochial schools, has been ruled a violation of the separation between church and state. The O.U.’s brief, filed with the Supreme Court of Ohio, contends that the program is constitutional because its purpose is secular.
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