David and Amy Carson of Maine, pictured here with their daughter, Olivia, are challenging a 41-year-old policy that that limits to secular schools a state program offering financial assistance to families seeking education choice for their children. David and Amy Carson both graduated from Bangor Christian School s, housed in a tidy, red brick building in Maine. In addition to core academic subjects like reading and math, the school emphasizes a “biblical worldview.” Chapel meets every Thursday, and students are required to take Bible classes. So, when their daughter, Olivia, was born they knew where they would send her to school. “She started there in day care and then went to pre-K and straight through,” recalled Carson, who, with her husband, proudly watched Olivia cross the graduation stage with her high school diploma in hand from their alma mater. “Only one other kid had been there as many years.” Even though their daughter is headed to college, the Carsons hope their involvement in a legal challenge that reaches the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday will end what they consider discrimination against students who attend religious schools. The Carsons live in Glenburn, a town with a population of 4,468 located […]
