A court decision that requires UW-Madison to fund religious worship activities for student groups will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take the university’s appeal on Monday.
In September 2010, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the university violated the First Amendment by refusing to fund activities of the student group Badger Catholic involving prayer, worship and proselytizing. The decision affirmed a lower court ruling.
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