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To: epicure who wrote (254906)

7/4/2014 12:25:01 AM

From: koan

of 541793

The RW courts and SC, is getting bolder and bolder about making shit up. They have found they can get away with any bullshit they want.

And what they seem to want is a society that reflects their mindless fantasies.

We all know what the outcome will be if they get their way!

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From the lips of Ayatollah Thomas:

Constitutional horror: Clarence Thomas argues states can establish official religion
May 7, 2014 By Michael Stone 56 Comments

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argues states may establish an official state religion, and sees no problem with an individual state making Christianity the official state religion.

Thomas believes the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause does not apply to the states. The Establishment Clause is that part of the First Amendment that says “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”

The Establishment Clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another, or none.

While Thomas believes that the Establishment Clause “probably” prohibits the federal government from establishing an official, national religion, he sees no problem with individual state establishing an official state religion.

In the recent, disastrous Supreme Court ruling that found Christian prayers used to open government meetings to be constitutional, Thomas went further than his other conservative colleagues in condoning sectarian prayers at government functions. In his dissenting opinion Thomas disputes the widely accepted notion that the First Amendment’s ban on the “establishment” of religion even applies to state and local governments.

MSNBC summarizes Thomas’ official opinion:

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