Texas seminaries victorious in 'landmark' religious freedoms case
Allie Martin
OneNewsNow.com
September 7, 2007

Seminaries in Texas have won what is being called a landmark religious freedoms case. Last week's unanimous ruling by the Texas Supreme Court overturned two lower-court opinions and a Texas law that gave the state power over seminaries and their training of pastors and ministry leaders.

Liberty Legal Institute (LLI) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Tyndale Theological Seminary in 1999, after the state's higher education coordinating board threatened to fine the seminary thousands of dollars as punishment for issuing theological degrees without seeking government approval of its curriculum, professors, and board. Kelly Shackelford, president of LLI, says the justices' ruling on Friday was clear. the rest