Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer

In the 2017 case of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the constitutionality of excluding religious organizations from participating in state grant programs. The case centered on whether the state's refusal to provide funding for resurfacing a church playground violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. The Court ultimately ruled in favor of Trinity Lutheran Church, asserting that the exclusion of religious organizations from such programs solely based on their religious status constituted discrimination and infringed upon their constitutional rights.