The Maine Supreme Court denied the appeal of five families who tried to use state-funded vouchers to send their children to a church-affiliated school. The Orthodox Union, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of the families, criticized Tuesday’s decision, saying the ruling allows the state to “discriminate against parents who wish to send their children to religious schools.” Last year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a state program that allows low-income students to use vouchers in religious schools, and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review that decision.
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