1. the program was so popular that four students applied for every voucher available. Washington Scholarship Fund, Latest Report form to internal church affairs;Milwaukee's program began in 1990 with just 337 students but has expanded to over 17,500 participating students in 2007. Dan Lips, School Choice: Policy Developments and National Participation Estimates,2005
2. the Supreme Court refused to resolve an internal church dispute on Free Exercise grounds. But, the Court has never ruled directly on the ministerial exception;Combs v. Central Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, 173 F.3d,1952