The Alaska Superior Court has ruled that Alaska can continue to allow tax exemptions for housing of parochial school teachers. This is an important victory against the ACLU.

The ACLU filed suit to take away property tax exemptions for housing that is owned by religious organizations for use by private parochial school teachers, alleging that the tax exemption violates equal protection and establishment clauses of the state and federal constitutions.

Evidently, the ACLU would rather have Alaskan teachers thrown out into the cold than have them live in church-owned residences. Nonreligious educational institutions already enjoyed an exemption for teacher housing before the legislature added the religious institution exemption.

Liberty Counsel represents Anchorage Baptist Temple (ABT) and Pastor Jerry Prevo in defense of the exemptions, which applies to six residences where ABT houses teachers for its school.

Without the exemption, ABT and other religious institutions would not be able to provide quality education to Alaska’s children, where educational opportunities are limited because of the rural nature of much of the state.

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