Is Scientology a legitimate religion for the purposes of the first amendment?
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
March 28, 2024, 08:59:11 PM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Discussion
  Constitution and Law (Moderator: World politics is up Schmitt creek)
  Is Scientology a legitimate religion for the purposes of the first amendment?
« previous next »
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: Is Scientology a legitimate religion for the purposes of the first amendment?  (Read 747 times)
NewYorkExpress
Atlas Star
*****
Posts: 24,823
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« on: September 22, 2022, 09:36:15 AM »

If a state government or the federal government wanted to ban Scientology, and the Scientologists went court, would Scientology be considered a bona fide religion for First Amendment purposes?

In other words, does the First Amendment protect cults?
Logged
The world will shine with light in our nightmare
Just Passion Through
Atlas Legend
*****
Posts: 45,174
Norway


Political Matrix
E: -6.32, S: -7.48

P P P

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2022, 10:32:14 AM »

Yes it does and already is, and as for the harassment the CoS imposes on its ex-members, that's permittable so long as it's at least borderline legal. The Lemon test is very broad.
Logged
World politics is up Schmitt creek
Nathan
Moderator
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 34,249


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2022, 11:48:09 PM »
« Edited: September 23, 2022, 01:25:54 AM by Actual Necromancer Joe Manchin »

Yes it does and already is, and as for the harassment the CoS imposes on its ex-members, that's permittable so long as it's at least borderline legal. The Lemon test is very broad.

Lemon got overruled just earlier this year, so who knows now. The test has implications for both the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause, one of which the current SCOTUS construes much much more broadly than the other, so it's anyone's guess whether they'd jerry-reg some version of it for the benefit of the CoS or not.
Logged
Darthpi – Anti-Florida Activist
darthpi
Junior Chimp
*****
Posts: 6,708
United States


Political Matrix
E: -6.13, S: -6.87

P P P
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2022, 03:27:33 PM »

Eh, sure.
Logged
satsuma
Jr. Member
***
Posts: 300
United States


Political Matrix
E: -0.90, S: -2.61

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2022, 05:37:43 PM »

Have they tried RICO?
Logged
Pages: [1]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.022 seconds with 12 queries.