Oregon Christian Group’s State Funding Row Revived on Appeal (1)

A Christian ministry for at-risk youth can pursue its lawsuit against Oregon Department of Education officials for allegedly reneging on a funding grant because of the group’s coreligionists-only hiring policy, the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday.

Youth 71Five Ministries can pursue injunctive and declaratory relief for all its claims, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said. The panel affirmed the lower court’s decision not to block Oregon from enforcing an anti-bias policy as to Youth 71Five’s grant-funded initiatives. But the group is entitled to a preliminary injunction preventing the state policy’s application to initiatives that don’t receive ...