A federal judge ruled that Colorado officials violated the constitutional rights of two Catholic preschools by excluding them from a taxpayer-funded preschool program. The schools were denied funding due to their requirements that students use bathrooms and pronouns corresponding to their biological sex, and an application question about a family’s faith. Senior US District Judge John Kane's decision, made on Tuesday, marks the second such ruling by a federal judge, affirming that the state wrongfully discriminated against the religious institutions. The ruling also allows the schools to consider students’ religion for admission.