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Christian academy can't be barred from gov't preschool program for hiring only believers: court

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A Colorado-based private academy can't be barred from a government preschool funding program even though they only hire Christians, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico, a Trump appointee, ruled on Monday that Darren Patterson Christian Academy can participate in Colorado's Universal Preschool Program.

The academy had previously been denied an exemption to the program's antidiscrimination provision due to its refusal to hire non-Christians and its expectation that both staff and students adhere to traditional standards of sexual ethics and gender identity.

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