"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State" ~Thomas Jefferson
By applying religious dogma to judicial decision or law, the Christian Fundie judge violated both the establishment clause and separation clause of the US Constitution.
The 'establishment of religion' clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions or prefer one religion over another. Neither can force nor influence a person to go to or to remain away from church against his will or force him to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion. No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance. No tax in any amount, large or small, can be levied to support any religious activities or institutions, whatever they may be called, or whatever form they may adopt to teach or practice religion. Neither a state nor the Federal Government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups and vice versa. In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect 'a wall of separation between Church and State.' [...] The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. 330 U.S. 1, 15-16 and 18. Everson v. Board of Education, Supreme Court of the United States.
There are many religious things in government. You misinterpret, either through ignorance, omission or you are just plain retarded.. the phrase "separation of church and State"
Just stop.
ClydeR was just kidding about the huffpost link.. he does not want to step into the ring with you.
Do you even read the material that you reference?
If the American government were to establish the Church of England as its official religion (example), that would violate the 1st Amendment and separation of church and state.
People, such as judges, being morally guided through whatever their religion is in whatever action they take, is in no way a violation of the Constitution. You do realize that our founding fathers were Christian and that those values & moral principles are rooted in our country, correct?
God bless America.
Officials said Biden now plans to address access to IVF, and the fallout from the Alabama decision, during his State of the Union address on March 7, with the possibility of the White House inviting a guest who was affected by the ruling to attend the speech.
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It appears Biden has been reading this forum again.
Hilarious. Who, other than the parents who lost their embryos due to the hospital's gross negligence, and the hospital who engaged in gross negligence, was affected by the supreme court's ruling?with the possibility of the White House inviting a guest who was affected by the ruling to attend the speech.
Why do Democrats just make shit up? Oh, right, because their base (read Seran and time4NaziLoving) love eating shit.
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Nobody is excited to vote for Joe Biden. Not even Seran. Therefore, they must campaign on “ZOMG, MAGA IS TRYING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS!!!” to energize their base of incels & man-haters.
To their credit, it has historically worked in recent elections. Republicans must find a way to reveal the truth to uninformed voters instead of letting them control the narrative.
Are you doing setups for me? Who else, you asked, could be impacted? This lady..
Emily Capilouto, 36, also cried because of the ruling, but her tears were prompted by despair. She had struggled for years to have a child. Now she was nearing the end of an I.V.F. cycle, when one of the embryos she and her husband had produced would be transferred to her uterus. But on Wednesday, she learned that her clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham health system was halting I.V.F. treatments in response to the ruling.
“I don’t know what this means now,” Ms. Capilouto said on Wednesday, minutes after learning that her dream of having a child would be indefinitely suspended.
Questions like hers are echoing across the country after the court’s ruling, which was handed down Feb. 16. The potential national implications remain unclear, but many women in Alabama are wondering how this new classification for embryos — one rooted in a religious belief — will affect their own journeys toward motherhood, a process that for many who seek I.V.F. is already filled with emotional and physical pain.
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