US court divided over 'church-state separation'

US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday wrote in a dissent to a ruling by the nine-member court that the state of Maine cannot deny public funds to religious schools, arguing that the wall separating “church and state” is one of the US’ foundational principles.
“There is nothing neutral about Maine’s program,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in an opinion joined by five other justices.
“The state pays tuition for certain students at private schools — so long as the schools are not religious,” Roberts wrote. “That is discrimination against religion.”
In her dissent, Sotomayor wrote: “What a difference five years makes.”
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