Attorney General Alan Wilson fights for parental rights and religious freedom

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he is joining a 22-state coalition to support two Catholic preschools in Colorado that were excluded from a universal pre-K funding program solely because of the religious views of the schools.

“Parents have the right to send their children to schools that will educate their children in alignment with their religious views,” Attorney General Wilson said. “Excluding faith-based schools due to their faith being ‘discriminatory’ is a direct violation of the First Amendment.”

The Attorney General recently led a similar brief in support of a Christian preschool challenging this same Colorado policy. In both cases, these schools have religiously based policies on bathroom use.

“The Constitution makes it clear that parents have the first and final say in raising their children,” Attorney General Wilson continued. “No state has the right to deny religious families from a universal funding program because their deeply held beliefs clash with woke ideology.”

South Carolina joined West Virginia, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming in filing the brief.

You can read the brief here.