1719 Background on Trinity Lutheran v. Comer
Law Meets Gospel
English - May 09, 2017 11:18 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsReligion & Spirituality Government church law legal mosque religion state synagogue Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case in which a church asserts that Missouri's exclusion of religious organizations from a generally available grant program for playground surfaces violates the Free Exercise protection of the First Amendment and Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution. To discuss the background of the case, Josh interviews Dave Roland, the Director of Litigation and cofounder of the Freedom Center of Missouri. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="150"] Dave Roland, Executive Director and cofounder of the Freedom Center of Missouri[/caption] To learn more about Trinity Lutheran Church, Inc. v. Comer, check out the following: Transcript of oral argument at Supreme Court Audio of Supreme Court oral argument Oyez's page on Trinity Lutheran SCOTUSblog's page on Trinity Lutheran Subscribe to the Law Meets Gospel Podcast iTunes Google Play RSS Support the Law Meets Gospel Podcast Patreon.com Sign up to contribute an amount you choose for each episode the Law Meets Gospel Podcast publishes.