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The Supreme Court made a prudent decision today to stop the Religious Right from further shoving its unwanted and dangerous brand of religion down the throats of Americans. In a 5-4 decision, the court struck down Ten Commandments displays in courthouses, saying it was an obvious attempt to undermine the separation of church and state.
According to ABCnews.com, the justices left themselves legal wiggle room on this issue, saying that some displays like their own courtroom frieze would be permissible if they're portrayed neutrally in order to honor the nation's legal history.
"The touchstone for our analysis is the principle that the First Amendment mandates government neutrality between religion and religion, and between religion and nonreligion," Justice David H. Souter wrote for the majority. "When the government acts with the ostensible and predominant purpose of advancing religion, it violates that central Establishment clause value of official religious neutrality."
Very well said. I'm sure the theocrats aren't listening, however, and will launch a fresh series of unpatriotic attacks to destabilize the courts. The truth is, the far right does not want America to be neutral on religious issues. They want the Bible to replace the Constitution. Sadly, The 10 Commandments are used as nothing more than a ruse and a prop for New-Puritans to accomplish their far more radically sweeping goals. Fortunately, the majority of the court was not suckered by this 10 Commandments gimmick.
2 Comments:
Thank God for this decision! Now we can see why human garbage such as Bush and Frist want to kill the fillibuster. They want to pack the court with lunitics and nuts.
