Word: davey
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...Supreme Court just unleveled the playing field, and religion is stuck in the divot. In a ruling against first-year Harvard Law School student Joshua D. Davey, the Court upheld a Washington state statute, which effectively rescinded Davey’s Promise Scholarship after he chose to pursue an undergraduate degree in theology at his parochial university. Had Davey chosen to pursue any other degree at his religiously-affiliated university—or theological studies at a secular university—his scholarship would have been funded. Such a standard discriminates against religion when it ought to be neutral...
Because of the court’s ruling, Davey will not recover any scholarship funds, but he said the money meant little...
...believe a fairly strong anti-religious bias exists in many of our institutions, both governmental and social, and this ruling was an example of that,” said Davey...
...decision yesterday increases my resolve even more to stand up for religious freedom and equality,” Davey said, adding that he now plans to encourage others to fight for the same ideals...
...Davey said despite Wednesday’s ruling, he does not regret expending time and effort to get his case in front of the Supreme Court...