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re: Arkansas State Football team forced to remove Christian crosses from helmets
Posted on 9/12/14 at 11:54 am to sorantable
Posted on 9/12/14 at 11:54 am to sorantable
Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Then somehow applied to the States through the activist decisions of the supreme court via the 14th Amendment:
Amendment 14
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Now tell me how those two texts read together should prohibit a football team from wearing a cross memorializing a classmate. Oh, it can be done. But the argument barely passes the straight face test.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Then somehow applied to the States through the activist decisions of the supreme court via the 14th Amendment:
Amendment 14
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Now tell me how those two texts read together should prohibit a football team from wearing a cross memorializing a classmate. Oh, it can be done. But the argument barely passes the straight face test.
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Posted on 9/12/14 at 11:57 am to Aux Arc
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Now tell me how those two texts read together should prohibit a football team from wearing a cross memorializing a classmate. Oh, it can be done. But the argument barely passes the straight face test.
I'm uncertain if it forces anything, but a state institution is not a place to make a religious statement (which the cross is considered symbolic). Although, I do believe this would be considerably different if they were wearing Islamic Crescents on their helmets.
Posted on 9/12/14 at 11:57 am to Aux Arc
quote:Oh yeah, read the liberal antireligious rulings. It all deals with vague "societal norms" "position of authority" and "cultural influence." Apparently these totally unproveable, philosophical concepts have taken legal precedent. We have to ban all religion, or people will get brainwashed, basically. It's totally transparent rationalization and bigotry. They hate religion, they've fricked our Constitution and really more than anything what our country was built on (anyone can do any religious thing they want).
Oh, it can be done.
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