Mr. Reactionary
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« on: April 14, 2015, 04:22:28 PM » |
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The ACLU would probably think its OK, and their crazy-strict on this topic.
(From oral argument transcripts for Van Orden v. Perry, a Ten Commandments statue case)
JUSTICE SCALIA: Suppose it didn't have the Ten Commandments, it just had a big thing that says religion is good. It said religion is the foundation of our institutions. Suppose there were something like that. Would that be bad?
MR. CHEMERINSKY: I don't think that would be a problem under the Establishment Clause because it's minimal --
JUSTICE SCALIA: But there are atheists who disagree with that intensely.
MR. CHEMERINSKY: But Your Honor, I'm not arguing for a heckler's veto by atheists.
Chemerinsky is right. Saying that because there are atheists, their right to be atheists is somehow burdened because most people disagree with them, is laughable. It's the same argument the FFRF used when it literally sued the HOLOCAUST MUSEUM for displaying a star of David. What does "in God we trust" harm? It merely describes a prevailing view.
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