Minnesota Judge Grants Temporary Injunction to Law Excluding Some Religious Schools From College Credit Program
A Minnesota federal judge delivered a win to some Christian parents in the state on June 14 after granting a preliminary injunction on a newly amended law banning some religious schools from participating in a state program known as the Post Secondary Enrollment Options Act (PSEO).
Judge Nancy E. Brasel sided with parents Mark and Melinda Loe and Dawn Erickson, as well as two Christian universities, Crown College and University of Northwestern—St. Paul, who had sought an injunction on the newly-amended law.
The injunction will remain in place while legal disputes play out.
“Defendants are enjoined during the course of this action and any subsequent appeals, from enforcing the Act of May 24, 2023,” the judge wrote in a two-page order (pdf)….