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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022

The Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority just shredded the separation of church and state

Author:     Alex Henderson
Source:     AlterNet
Publication Date:     June 21, 2022
 Link: The Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority just shredded the separation of church and state
Stephan:   The christofascist majority on the Supreme Court has now delivered something that the christofascist community has sought for decades: a breach of the wall the Founders created. Here one can see clearly that all the originalist arguments put out by the christofascist justices, backed by the Federalist Society, are nothing but political crap. If there is anything originalist about the Constitution it is the absolute separation of church and state. As a result of this, your tax dollars can now be used to fund christofascist schools that teach all the White supremacy, replacement theory, male dominance, and obsessive sex distortions, that such schools vomit out to their students.
The Supreme Court

The U.S. Constitution’s 1st Amendment is crystal clear when it comes to freedom of religion, declaring what while Americans are free to practice whatever religion they choose, the government cannot favor one religion, sect or denomination over another. This means that while Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs and Bahais are all free to practice their religions as they see fit, none of them are entitled to preferential treatment.

But the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing 6-3 supermajority, according to Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer, is failing to honor that separation of church and state.

These are the 1st Amendment’s exact words: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

Journalist Steve Benen, in an op-ed for MSNBC host Rachel Maddow’s MaddowBlog published on June 21, takes a look at the High Court’s 6-3 ruling in Carson v. Makin — which deals with education subsidies in Maine. According to NBC News, the decision, handed down on June 21, has “relaxed longstanding restrictions on using taxpayer money to […]

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1 Comment

  1. Albus Eddie on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 5:33 am

    Short-term thinking as to be expected. The shock that will occur in Christian circles when Islamic Madrasas are established and obtain taxpayers dollars will be stunning.