Responding to the issuance of an injunction by a Denver District Court halting the Douglas County School District voucher program, Scott L. Levin, Mountain States Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League issued the following statement:

The Anti-Defamation League applauds the decision of the Denver District Court halting the unconstitutional voucher program instituted by the Douglas County School District.  We are gratified that the Court ruled that taxpayer funds cannot be unconstitutionally diverted from public education to religious education.

Colorado’s constitution means what it says:  public funds should not go to support religious education.

The Court found that Douglas County’s pilot “Choice Scholarship Program” violated several provisions of the Colorado Constitution and the state’s school finance laws.