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Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2024
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Fuck your cult!
Separation of church and state, remember?
I agree with the sentiment. However the separation of church and state isn't really a legal standard. It comes from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson.
We have the 1A which prohibits the establishment of state religions (which this probably violates).
But if they choose to put a holy book from each religion in every school library that'd likely be upheld.
Tldr: the government can't pick favorites w/ religion but it doesn't have pretend they don't exist legally.
Want a christofashist dictatorship? Cause that’s how America gets one.
Freedom of religion means freedom FROM religion too.
My statement wasn't one of policy but of law. If it were up to me I'd take "in god we trust" off the dollar.
In the 1780s they were concerned with the government establishing a state religion that wasn't theirs. I would absolutely support more stringent regulation on the government favoring the broad concept of religion. But unfortunately I'm afraid as a matter of law the 1A isn't as robust on that matter as I think it aught to be.