The 10^th circuit ruled that the State of Colorado could not (in a nutshell) set itself up in the business of defining what is or is not too religious, and as such, struck down a State law that prohibited financial aid to students applying to certain religious colleges.

…a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Colorado may not distinguish between sectarian and “pervasively sectarian” colleges to deny state funds to students in the latter category. Such distinctions, the court ruled, amount to illegal state preferences for some religious groups over others.

It’s an interesting decision. The article is here, and the circuit court’s decision is here.

But what really caught my attention was this closing statement by Barry Lynn. This from the article linked above.

Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, in an interview Wednesday night, agreed that the decision was significant, but criticized it as part of “an erosion” of the rights of Americans not to support religious education and belief with which they disagree.

“This will support universities set up precisely to promote the faith, and now they will be promoting it with tax dollars of people who disagree with their view,” Lynn said.

Really?

So if it is a problem when a student in need of financial aid, wants to use that aid to attend a religious university, why can’t we apply the same metric to other forms of government funding?  I happen to be against corporate welfare, in fact I’m against government welfare almost entirely.  I’m not a big fan of giving cash to people in a farm bill who don’t farm.  Wow, I could do this for days.  Why isn’t that prohibited based on “my views?” Particularlywhen things like farm bills, and Federal welfare are not even protected by the constitution?

But the point I really wanted to make—mostly because it will inflame the left wing masses—is that millions of government tax dollars are spent funding the already profitable Planned Parenthood.  Isn’t this promoting abortion with the tax dollars of people who disagree with that view? 

Based on Barry’s metric I believe it is.  No outrage from the left?  Not surprised.