Denver, Colorado, Oct 1, 2025 / 18:07 pm

After years of court battles over the Colorado government’s exclusion of two Catholic preschools from its Universal Preschool Program, a U.S. appeals court ruled against the parishes on Tuesday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals of the 10th Circuit, in a 54-page decision , ruled that Colorado may continue to exclude the Catholic preschools because of their religious beliefs.

The decision comes after a series of court cases involving the state of Colorado’s attempts to exclude the schools from the inception of the program.

Becket , a law firm that defends religious freedom, first filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Catholic parish preschools of the Archdiocese of Denver in August 2023. A federal court in June 2024 ruled that Colorado state discriminated

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