High Court To Rule on Funding for Religious Student Magazine

By Mark Walsh

Washington

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to decide whether a state university properly denied funding to a student magazine because it has a religious viewpoint.

The appeal by a Christian students' group at the University of Virginia provides the Court with another opportunity to reconcile two divergent precedents: one that says government cannot directly aid religious activity, and another that says religious expression cannot be subjected to discrimination on...