Supreme Court hears case on Catholic preschools and LGBTQ families

The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments on November 3, 2026, in a case on whether Catholic preschools in Colorado could join the state’s publicly funded preschool program without admitting children from LGBTQ families. The Archdiocese of Denver makes the case that excluding the schools is a violation of First Amendment rights, but the state of Colorado says that nondiscrimination rules apply equally to every school in the program. In the case of St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, two parishes and two parents are challenging Colorado’s universal preschool program, which was enacted back in 2020. The program began in 2023 and offers families 15 free hours of preschool a week. The participating schools must provide equal enrollment opportunities regardless of gender, religion, sexual orientation, and other characteristics. Colorado has almost 2,000 providers, but the archdiocese’s 34 schools are not among them.

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