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In reply to the discussion: Cuomo Attacks Supreme Court, but Virus Ruling Is Warning to Governors [View all]azureblue
(2,146 posts)was to throw open a door they didn't want to be opened: The door of "which religion are we talking about?"
Now that they have made this decision, then other religions can step forward and claim exemption from the law based upon legal grounds. For example there could be a religious group that takes mushrooms during their services. Mushrooms are illegal is some states but they can claim a religious exemption, based upon this ruling.
Then comes the lovely part wherein these so called Christian get hoisted by their own petard - The church of Satan can and mostly likely will say something like "It is in our religious tenets that abortion is allowed, so stopping a woman from getting an abortion is an infringement on our religion." Now the SC has to rule and even hairier, they have to decide what is a valid religion. That is, anybody can say they have a religion now and claim exemption. Say there is a bunch from Britain and they form a left side religion where it is their belief that God tells them to drive on the left side of the road and driving on the right side of the road is immoral. Now what? Does the SC say that this religion is not a true religion? Does the SC say their original ruling has to apply here because it sets precedent?
IOW the SC to say their ruling only applies to certain religions of their approval.