INDIANAPOLIS, -- The Indiana Supreme Court granted the Thomas More Society's request to review a lower court ruling on the increased power of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC). The lower court ruled the ICRC has broad authority to regulate "education," even when members form small groups based on a shared religious mission. The Thomas More Society argues that the First Amendment guarantees of religious liberty and freedom of association prevent the government from interfering with such small groups and that the Indiana Civil Rights Law is not meant to interfere with those groups. Thomas More Society attorneys filed the petition on behalf of the Fishers Adolescent Catholic Enrichment Society, a group formed by 11 homeschooling families to provide social support for their children in a religious faith environment.
