Four Christian students in Virginia have asked the Supreme Court to overturn a 22-year-old decision they say was wrongly decided because it unconstitutionally cuts off state aid to students who major in religious ministry or devotional theology.
The two sibling appeals, filed in mid-August, target the 2004 decision Locke v. Davey, in which the court held that the free exercise clause allows states to exclude otherwise qualified students from generally available tuition assistance programs because they pursue certain religious degrees.
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