Posted on Oct 20, 2017
Federal judge: Abbott was wrong to remove mock Nativity scene
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By that logic you can't allow non-Christian displays and deny Christian displays but those are getting torn down left and right.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
SSG (Join to see) - no, that is incorrect. You can't allow displays advocating a religious point of view, such as a pro-atheism display (in the sense used by SCOTUS, that atheism is such a viewpoint even though not technically a religion) without allowing religious displays. But non-Christian incorporates purely secular displays too, and you do not have to allow religious displays when you have secular displays.
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"The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a fight over a Ten Commandments monument on the lawn outside city hall in Bloomfield, New Mexico.
Lower courts ordered it removed, ruling that the monument amounted to a government endorsement of religion. The city appealed, arguing that the nation's courts have issued conflicting rulings on when Ten Commandment monuments are allowed on public property."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-stays-out-ten-commandments-fight-n811071
"A federal appeals court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a towering cross-shaped monument that has marked a major intersection in Prince George’s County for 90 years.
In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said the 40-foot-tall memorial maintained with thousands of dollars in public funds “has the primary effect of endorsing religion and excessively entangles the government in religion.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/towering-cross-shaped-monument-on-public-land-is-unconstitutional-court-rules/2017/10/18/b26e4afe-5b47-11e7-9b7d-14576dc0f39d_story.html?utm_term=.d06e4ab2511f
There are two examples among many.
Lower courts ordered it removed, ruling that the monument amounted to a government endorsement of religion. The city appealed, arguing that the nation's courts have issued conflicting rulings on when Ten Commandment monuments are allowed on public property."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-stays-out-ten-commandments-fight-n811071
"A federal appeals court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional a towering cross-shaped monument that has marked a major intersection in Prince George’s County for 90 years.
In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said the 40-foot-tall memorial maintained with thousands of dollars in public funds “has the primary effect of endorsing religion and excessively entangles the government in religion.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/towering-cross-shaped-monument-on-public-land-is-unconstitutional-court-rules/2017/10/18/b26e4afe-5b47-11e7-9b7d-14576dc0f39d_story.html?utm_term=.d06e4ab2511f
There are two examples among many.
Supreme Court stays out of Ten Commandments fight
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to take up a fight over a Ten Commandments monument on the lawn outside city hall in Bloomfield, New Mexico.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
SSG (Join to see) - two examples of what? The courts doing their job properly?
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