Blue State AG Backs Down From Targeting Religious Institutions

Becket Law announced Wednesday that Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison temporarily agreed not to bar religious universities requiring a statement of faith from the state’s tuition program.

Becket filed a lawsuit against the state’s Department of Education (DOE), Commissioner Willie Jett and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz in May on behalf of parents, Mark and Melinda Loe, and two colleges after the state changed its Postsecondary Enrollment Options program (PSEO), prohibiting state funding to be used to attend universities requiring a statement of faith.

Several weeks later, Ellison agreed to a preliminary injunction that would allow religious students to use the funding for the college of their choice while the lawsuit goes through the courts, according to the press release.