A circuit court judge in Kentucky has ruled unconstitutional the state's budgeting of millions of taxpayer dollars to fund a pharmacy school at a Southern Baptist University.
Franklin Circuit Court Special Judge Roger Crittenden ruled that state funding for the school's pharmacy building violated portions of the Kentucky Constitution that guarantee religious freedom and that public money for education should not be spent on any "church, sectarian or denominational school." None of the funds was given to the school.
[UPDATE (4/23/10): The KY Supreme Court has agreed with Judge Crittenden and struck down the funding provision.] A circuit court judge in Kentucky has ruled unconstitutional the state's budgeting of millions of taxpayer dollars to fund a pharmacy school at a Southern Baptist University.
Franklin Circuit Court Special Judge Roger Crittenden ruled that state funding for the school's pharmacy building violated portions of the Kentucky Constitution that guarantee religious freedom and that public money for education should not be spent on any "church, sectarian or denominational school." None of the funds was given to the school.
