California Suspends Meal Funding for Christian Preschool Over Stance on Gender, Sexuality
A San Diego County Christian preschool is suing the state of California for pulling the plug on the school’s state meal funding, saying its traditional stance on gender and sexuality violated a new state law.
The Church of Compassion’s Dayspring Christian Learning Center—a preschool and daycare in El Cajon, Calif., serving nearly 90 students—filed a lawsuit against the state March 15 for “deprivation of the free exercise of religion” and “deprivation of free speech”, as well as alleged “hostility against religion.”
The school received a letter from the state’s Social Services Department last October, denying its application for continued meal funding, saying the school’s stance on marriage and sexuality violated a new state law….