The Orthodox Union joined in a friend-of-the-court brief urging the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate a lawsuit brought by a Maryland college against the state for denying its application for education funds. Columbia Union College, which is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, had applied for state funding in 1990, but the state rejected the application, saying that the constitution prohibits funding of a “pervasively sectarian” institution. The OU, citing recent Supreme Court decisions, is arguing that religious institutions cannot be denied government funding as long as they meet the same religion-neutral criteria as non-sectarian institutions.
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