2nd July 2005, 5:49 PM
A Black Falcon Wrote:No, not unless you give equal time to all religions -- that's the point of that clause, really.
No it isn't. The point of the clause is simple:
Congress cannot make a law establishing an official state religion (e.g. The Anglican Church). Conversely, Congress cannot make a law prohibiting anyone from practicing any religion.
How anyone can read this and assume it means anything but what is says boggles me. I also cannot see how placing the Ten Commandments in a courtroom implies that Congress made a law establishing Judaism or Christianity as an official national religion.
I find Darunia's views on faith quite reprehensible, but at least he's honest about wanting to purge all trace of it from society. That's the same goal of people who use the imaginary Seperation clause in all of these lawsuits. They just lack the moral backbone to admit it, and instead use that golden term of equality.
On the matter of the Supreme Court... I find a big issue with the Judiciary branch. I find the whole process very faulty and undemocratic myself. Supreme Court judges are not elected by the people, and serve as long as they want to serve. They are appointed. They are practically royalty. I think the Judicial branch should be subject to public elections and limited terms as the other two branches are.
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