SCOTUS rules for religious freedom

[Perd Hapley]

Details at the link. Short story, Missouri law singled out churches as ineligible for certain state bennies it awarded to other non-profits. In the case at hand, a church in Columbia, MO would have qualified for a state program to rubberize playgrounds, but it was too religiousy for the state, or something.

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/26/534084013/supreme-court-rules-religious-school-can-use-taxpayer-funds-for-playground
http://thefederalist.com/2017/06/26/supreme-courts-trinity-lutheran-decision-affect-anti-religious-laws/

Seems obvious that religious freedom means the government doesn't treat churches like step-children, so that the Salvation Army thrift store gets less consideration than Goodwill.

We now await some ominous warnings about royal shillings.

[K Frame]

Odd that Missouri, a firmly Bible belt state, would have tried that crap.

[Perd Hapley]

Odd that Missouri, a firmly Bible belt state, would have tried that crap.

I suppose we have the same problem as everywhere else - lefties in the bureaucratic infrastructure.

[K Frame]

They need smited goodly...

[AJ Dual]

Odd that Missouri, a firmly Bible belt state, would have tried that crap.

Ever the cynic, I'm going to wager a guess that the law was originally targeted at depriving one particular sect's less-than-religious/public/non-profit's functions of .gov money. While other sects with better political connections had adequately and legally "air gapped" their functions.

Back-channel internecine religious fiscal battles essentially.

[Perd Hapley]

Ever the cynic, I'm going to wager a guess that the law was originally targeted at depriving one particular sect's less-than-religious/public/non-profit's functions of .gov money. While other sects with better political connections had adequately and legally "air gapped" their functions.

Back-channel internecine religious fiscal battles essentially.

Cf. the article from The Federalist

[K Frame]

"Ever the cynic, I'm going to wager a guess that the law was originally targeted at depriving one particular sect's less-than-religious/public/non-profit's functions of .gov money. While other sects with better political connections had adequately and legally "air gapped" their functions."

Those stinking Baptists have always hated us Methodists...

[Mannlicher]

Even SCOTUS confuses "freedom of religion" with "freedom FROM religion"

[Perd Hapley]

Even SCOTUS confuses "freedom of religion" with "freedom FROM religion"

In this case?


Meanwhile, in Soviet England:

http://www.dailywire.com/news/17990/uk-state-pushes-lgbt-education-jewish-school-robert-kraychik

[Angel Eyes]

http://www.dailywire.com/news/17990/uk-state-pushes-lgbt-education-jewish-school-robert-kraychik

[They] recognise the requirement to teach about the protected characteristics as set out in the Equality Act 2010.

Entrenched cognitive dissonance.