(06-27-2022 09:17 AM)hburg Wrote:  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/high-sc...ame-prayer

Quote:The Supreme Court handed a big win to a former Washington high school football coach who lost his job over reciting a prayer on the 50-yard line after games.


At issue was whether a public school employee praying alone but in view of students was engaging in unprotected "government speech," and if it is not government speech, does it still pose a problem under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the answer to both questions is no.

"Here, a government entity sought to punish an individual for engaging in a brief, quiet, personal religious observance doubly protected by the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment. And the only meaningful justification the government offered for its reprisal rested on a mistaken view that it had a duty to ferret out and suppress," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the Court's opinion. "Religious observances even as it allows comparable secular speech. The Constitution neither mandates nor tolerates that kind of discrimination."

Awesome!

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Dissappointed it wasn't 9-0.

(06-27-2022 10:32 AM)gdunn Wrote:  Keep in mind.. Same people who are upset about coaches praying and abortion laws being put in the States' hands are the same people who can't define a woman, wanted everyone to get a shot, and think it's ok that kids go into a bar/strip club and watch a drag show.

Pretty much. The left is all over the place. It basically comes down to the issue. No problem taking a stance one way on something and taking the complete opposite on something else. They’re idiots

DAMN... I LOVE TRUMP!

(06-27-2022 11:49 AM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

Uhm, Harry... if a coach kneeled at midfield after a game why would you assume it was for prayer? Couldn't he simply be protesting against America?

But what if he was kneeling in prayer... why do you have a problem with that?

Not surprising that someone from the LA Times feels this way. THis morning, the LA Times is concerned about more black people carrying guns in California.

Im loving this court. Common sense has returned to America's highest court. Its pretty amazing that a government funded public school district thinks firing a coach for his religious beliefs somehow represents separation of church and state---when it actually represents the exact OPPOSITE of separation of church and state.

Just so people understand---separation of church and state simply means the government will not form a state religion or interfere with the exercise of ones religious beliefs. Its does NOT mean that churches cannot seek to influence government nor does it mean that government should treat religious organizations any differently than secular organizations.

(06-27-2022 12:34 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Not surprising that someone from the LA Times feels this way. THis morning, the LA Times is concerned about more black people carrying guns in California.

LA Times makes NY Times look right leaning by comparison.

I don't recall any constitutional right to be free from microaggressions.

OH! That coach is praying!!! That offends me!!! He must be fired.

Those liberal idiots will vote against anything. How the hell was this 6-3?!?!?

(06-27-2022 01:50 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  Those liberal idiots will vote against anything. How the hell was this 6-3?!?!?

I wonder if those three would side against "public employees" receiving Kosher and Halal lunches at the school cafeteria also?

(06-27-2022 12:39 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Im loving this court. Common sense has returned to America's highest court. Its pretty amazing that a government funded public school district thinks firing a coach for his religious beliefs somehow represents separation of church and state---when it actually represents the exact OPPOSITE of separation of church and state.

Just so people understand---separation of church and state simply means the government will not form a state religion or interfere with the exercise of ones religious beliefs. Its does NOT mean that churches cannot seek to influence government nor does it mean that government should treat religious organizations any differently than secular organizations.

Exactly

If after the game he had stood on the 50 yard line and shouted a leftist phrase da jour, no one would have batted an eyelash

Kneel during anthem - leftists say no problem

Kneel in prayer after a game- we’re losing our democracy!!! Vote blue!!


Idiots.