Like Dobbs, this
decision on public prayer isn’t quite how it’s being portrayed by
conservative folks. Yes, the liberal
justices declare their desire for the official imposition of atheism upon
public life, which we don’t agree with, but the conservative justices don’t answer
this with a vigorous affirmation of Christian culture – what they uphold for an
ideal is everyone getting along peacefully in a pluralistic society. In other words, relativism, which is the bane
of Truth and of a stable, transmittable culture.
And along
with that, as so often happens, the federal Supreme Court has no jurisdiction
in this case at all, as the 1st Amendment applies only to the uS
Congress, not to the States or to local institutions. What should apply here are the provisions of
Washington State’s constitution regarding free speech and religious liberty:
Sections 5
& 11
https://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/Pages/WAConstitution.aspx#ARTICLE_I
Nor are the
justices saved in their intervention by the phony Incorporation Doctrine of the
14th Amendment:
It is ironic
but not unexpected that the federal Supreme Court is not being consistent with its
federalism doctrine: They upheld the
principle in Dobbs but reject it in this case.
A final note
relating to the SC’s supposed friendly stance toward religious liberty – They once
again upheld a State’s covid vaxx mandate that has no religious exemption
provision:
We cannot rely
the federal SC to fix all our problems. It
is better, it is necessary, to build up strong local and State authorities and
institutions instead that can protect us when the storms break upon us.
--
Holy Ælfred
the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!
Anathema to
the Union!
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