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The Supreme Court just allowed religion
to peek out of the closet

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Posted By: Big Bopper, 6/29/2022 9:37:03 AM

For years, a public high school football coach made a practice of saying short prayers after football games. He prayed whether he won or lost. Some of his players typically joined in, and some didn’t. For that, he was fired. This has been a long drive for the left. It started on their own 2-yard line about two centuries ago with Karl Marx scorning the masses he pretended to champion by mocking their “opiate” of religion. Marx and his fellow travelers preferred the opiate of opiate.

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The symbolic importance of this decision cannot be overstated. It delegitimizes the anti-religion of the left. In some ways, it's more important than the Dobbs decision.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: BarryNo 6/29/2022 10:29:46 AM (No. 1200699)
Under Democrats, the Government has done nothing BUT interfere with our faith and beliefs - because they were in the way of their goals.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: MDConservative 6/29/2022 10:52:30 AM (No. 1200739)
And the funny thing was that the issue was not "religion"...it was insubordination on the job, refusal to follow his employer's order to stop his personal ritual in uniform on public property while "on duty". He could have been engaged in any behavior the school system deemed inappropriate. In fact, what the schools were trying to avoid was an expensive lawsuit by secularists...and they got one from the coach. Essentially damned either way. If the school's lawyers made or allowed this to become an issue of religion they were fools. Kennedy was never disallowed from his "sincerely motivated religious exercise involving giving 'thanks through prayer' briefly", only restricted to the sideline rather than the 50-yard line. Does the Almighty care about whether on or off the field? Read the actual decision closely, and consider its implications. Let's make no complaints then when non-Christians act on this "right" in public settings. Is a teacher's between classes burning incense in a public school classroom allowable with a personal moment of reflection? Perhaps displaying a small, inobtrusive portable shrine on her desk...maybe a little "inaudible" chanting...and the school says stop. Where will you stand?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: EJKrausJr 6/29/2022 12:41:11 PM (No. 1200881)
The Constitution protects the American citizen from Government approval of religion. The 10 Bill of Rights are specific to constraining the Federal Government. It's what they do. Fortunately, this SCOTUS has begun to enforce those constraints. It's about time the Fed is being pushed off our backs.
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