A Christian college in Colorado that requires students to attend chapel and staff to affirm that the Bible is "infallible" should be allowed to receive state scholarship funds, the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has ruled

Christian Century, August 26, 2008

* A Christian college in Colorado that requires students to attend chapel and staff to affirm that the Bible is "infallible" should be allowed to receive state scholarship funds, the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has ruled. The decision overturned a 2007 lower-court ruling that found Colorado Christian University--located in Lakewood, a suburb of Denver--"pervasively sectarian" and thus ineligible for public money.

The federal court said that state policies barring some religious colleges from receiving state funds violates the state constitution because Colorado allows students at Catholic and Methodist colleges to receive public scholarships. "The First Amendment does not permit government officials to sit as judges of the indoctrination quotient of theology classes," wrote Judge Michael McConnell.