According to the Department of Education, more than 80 percent of students who attend private schools go to
religiously affiliated institutions.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops denounced President Barack Obama's compromise over whether to require
religiously affiliated institutions to provide contraception to female employees, saying the proposal raises «serious moral concerns,» according to a statement posted on its website late Friday.
There are also broad Blaine Amendments, which more generically bar funding for
any religiously affiliated institution — this being the sort of provision adopted in Missouri.
«Any threat like this against
a religiously affiliated institution is simply unacceptable, and the passage of today's bill is a step in the right direction toward ending this violence and hate.»
Not exact matches
Churches are exempt, but not
religiously affiliated colleges and hospitals, which means many Catholic - run
institutions would have to offer plans that church leaders say violate their teachings and beliefs.
But the lawsuit which claimed that public monies should not go to a religious
institution, was denied by the judge who said, «parents — not state actors — decide whether they will use an education savings account, or ESA, to pay for tuition at private and
religiously affiliated schools.»