It's Not Just The 9th Circuit Court, It's Also The 10th

[Solus]

Illiterate in how many languages now? And this is wrong - gummints have powers, those powers carry duties.

The First Amendment says in part - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." - this is hardly the language of recognizing a right of the people, it is a limit on the power of Congress. And taken to the extreme, the second part of the clause indicates that the free expression of religion can also not be abridged by any law - or judicial ruling.

It has been only in the recent memory that the whole "separation of church and state" nonsense really brewed up, and the second clause was ignored in favor of the first. Hell, I remember my public schools shutting down around 2PM on Thursdays and almost all of the kids skeedadling off to their respective churches for Thursday School. No one raised a stink, and anyone who did not want to go to church stayed at school and had a study hall.

Both apply, and the second part permits bho's Ramadan dinner on state property as well as the crosses along the Utah highway. It's time we start understanding both parts.

If your interpretation is correct, Path, then it would be ok for the government to make massive donations to the Muslim Faith as it's free expression of the religion of it's choosing?

[Pathfinder]

If your interpretation is correct, Path, then it would be ok for the government to make massive donations to the Muslim Faith as it's free expression of the religion of it's choosing?

I didn't say it was a perfect interpretation!