James M Branum - Activist ☮ · @jmb
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petersuber · @petersuber
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I'm amazed this hasn't been decided before now. At least some federal courts still remember the establishment clause.

"A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that the state corrections agency can’t force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously-affiliated programming to be eligible for .
apnews.com/article/west-virgin

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petersuber · @petersuber
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"Public and and schools in will be required to display signs that read 'In God We Trust' in all classrooms starting in August, according to a new law."
insidehighered.com/news/govern

On the one hand, this is an egregious violation of the . On the other hand, today's majority doesn't like the establishment clause.

That plus .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremoni

@academicchatter

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sgt1372 · @sgt1372
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@greeen

What happened to the the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution which calls for the "separation of church & state" which has been interpreted to keep public schools secular and to prevent the use of public funds to support religious eduction?

See: mtsu.edu/first-amendment/artic

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greeen · @greeen
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SLCW💥 · @slcw
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This is an overt, flagrant violation of the First Amendment. Taxpayer money cannot be used to fund religious education. This is a long settled bedrock of American law, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Roberts court overturned this foundational, Constitutional principle.

dailycaller.com/2023/06/05/okl

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Public schools would have to display Ten Commandments in every classroom (!) under bill passed by Texas Senate buff.ly/3UT0R6P.

C'mon y'all. The Supreme Court has already ruled that this is unconstitutional.
See Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980): buff.ly/43N3Txz

#Texas

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Servelan · @servelan
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Why was OK considering public funding of a religious school to begin with? Are they that dense that they don't *get* the ?

#establishmentclause

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Fat_Al_NYC · @Fat_Al_NYC
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Please allow me an Easter rant. I am a New York resident, but I am currently sitting in New Jersey. In honor of the Christian religious holiday today, the govt of NY bars me from wagering on horses anywhere in the world. Complete f*ckjob.

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James M Branum - Activist ☮ · @jmb
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James M Branum יעקב מתתיהו · @jmb
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Ct Rejects Religious Challenges to Requirements buff.ly/3B4ikAn

Not only does this guy argue that masks violate his religious rights: "A Christian, Joseph claims to practice his faith by 'taking a stance against what he sees and understands to be evil or unlawful,' such as the masking requirement"

He actually claims that (or “scienticsm” is a and masking requirements violates the . He obviously hasn't read any recent Est cases...

#covid #mask #science #Religion #establishmentclause

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TaxTheChurches · @TTC
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The Oath Keepers were steeped in . The people of this country should no longer be forced to subsidize religion the in turn subsidizes attacks on our democracy, OUR FREEDOM.

#ChristianNationalism #taxthechurches #establishmentclause

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@danielyrubin @annmlipton

I 100% agree with you that one of the purposes of the is to protect minority religions.

But those interests are not furthered by huge govt Latin crosses. Am Legion

Nor by Christian prayers before town meetings. Greece

Nor by funding religious schools where most of taxpayer $$ goes to Christian schools. And trust me, most (if not all) $ does go to Christians schools. Zelman. Espinoza

#establishmentclause #establishment #SupremeCourt #scotus #firstamendment

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