Boo This Man!

Supreme Court Chief Justice Rehnquist departed from his usually constructionist position to uphold a discriminatory Washington statute. The state awards scholarships, but yanked one from a student who chose to study theology. Not only is this flagrant discrimination, it also flies in the face of reason. Is the state to be the arbiter of what is religious and what is not? How about politically sensitive studies? If the state awards scholarships to students based on the student (this is not a subject-specific grant), it should allow that individual to pursue higher education at an accredited institution, regardless of the individual characteristics, beliefs, and career goals of the student.