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[-] 0110010001100010@lemmy.world 201 points 6 days ago

He wants it to go all the way to the supreme court so they can rule in his favor and further erode the separation of church and state. Fuck these assholes and this timeline...

[-] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 67 points 6 days ago

Honestly, I can't see how SCOTUS could rule in his favour. The US constitution clearly states that there is a seperation between church and state. For SCOTUS to rule in his favour would require them overturning the constitution itself.

[-] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 70 points 6 days ago

Two things:

  1. Separation of Church and State is not codified into law

And

  1. 1A specifically says "Congress shall pass no law respecting any religion". They'll say this law was passed by a state, not congress. Ipso facto, they rule in his favor.
[-] eltrain123@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

The actual text concerning religion says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;…”. It’s arguable that requiring publicly funding schools to display a specific religions moral code is establishing their religious views as a standard others must follow.

The second part of that (prohibiting the free exercise thereof) is not affected. They are free to do whatever they want in their private homes and institutions. They just are not free to force those practices on others or other’s children. You don’t have the freedom to “exercise” if exercise means forcing your will on others. And anyone that thinks that should be the case is specifically calling to remove that constitutional freedom from our society.

It’s un-American… by definition…

[-] nymwit@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

but but but it's an historical document, not religious at all [wink wink to stage left]

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