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Showing Original Post only (View all)Are Alito and others really this ignorant about the constitution? [View all]
Apparently some of our current Supreme Court members want to interpret the Constitution through a Christian aspect only.
https://news.yahoo.com/alito-godliness-echoes-broader-christian-114014715.html
"Its a phrase not commonly associated with legal doctrine: returning America to a place of godliness.
And yet when asked by a woman posing as a Catholic conservative at a dinner last week, Justice Samuel Alito appeared to endorse the idea. The unguarded moment added to calls for greater scrutiny by Democrats, many of whom are eager to open official investigations into outside influence at the Supreme Court.
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https://www.mountvernon.org/education/videos/films/religious-freedom-classroom-resources/pursuit-of-religious-freedom/
"After the war, there were many questions and concerns about religious freedom. In response, Washington reassured countless religious communities that they would have the freedom to worship as they chose."
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Did they miss the historical aspect of the Constitution in grade school, high school, college and law school. Our first President wrote to religious communities outside of Christianity and those who marched to the beat of a different drummer within the Christian movement that the government would NOT favor one religion over another?
Do they not vet these people on their understanding of the history of the Constitution?
I ask this as a committed Christian myself.. It is my community, but should not be one that rules the government. It is freedom to exist apart from any religious or for that matter cultural, racial, philosophical ,class ,money, etc. etc. etc. norms that favor one group over another should be how the Supremes interpret the law through the constitution,
