This June Trinity Western University lost its bid to open a Canadian law school. Increasingly, political and cultural trends in Canada also find their way into the United States, so a Supreme Court ruling against religious freedom in education on one side of the border is worth considering on both sides of the border.
The thrust of the conflict was simple enough. An evangelical Christian university, Trinity Western, nestled a few miles outside of Vancouver, sought to open a law school. To ensure their graduates could practice, the university applied to law societies throughout the country so as to win approval
