If so, I'll leave.
This decision basically changes nothing. It just stops a state from discriminating against religions.
If you are getting hung up on the words "separation of Church and State," please note that those words are not in the Constitution. That phrase (a version of which was penned by Jefferson in private correspondence) is just used to summarize the First Amendment's religion provisions, which are actually as follows:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof....
Separation means the State cannot show favoritism for, or discriminate against, religion. In this case, it was showing discriminating against religion by providing a benefit only to secular school students and denying that benefit to religious school students.
And, where would you go, by the way? Many countries have no seperation of church and state.
tax dollars to supplement a religious endeavor. This will mean all religions will now be able to use tax dollars, dollars in the system they don't pay into to further
a belief. There was no discrimination. This decision was purely politics confusing religion and Statehood.
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schools safe from their violence?
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But, the concept of government benefits being denied to a school based on it being affiliated with religion seems like an obvious violation of the FIrst Amendment as interpreted by SCOTUS in the past...I thought that was already settled law.
Does it make you nervous supporting a "conservative" decision?
I take it you like Roberts now. Did you like him when he was appointed?
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