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[–] [email protected] 159 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Conservative litigators want this Supreme Court to expand a vision of religious liberty that abolishes the separation of church and state while granting Christians a freewheeling right to discriminate, often with public funding. They are seizing upon any case that will give the court this opportunity, with little concern for the truth of the underlying claims. And the Republican-appointed justices seem eager to twist reality into whatever shape necessary to give them what they want.

That's pretty damn scary what they are trying to do.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And they said we were over reacting, "that's fiction, we'll never try that"

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They say that about … everything.

Abortion most recently.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're proposing a national ban! It was supposed to be a 'states rights' type of issue, but here we are. Give them an inch (2.5 cm) and they'll take a mile (1609 m)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well, none of them have walked a mile recently, so they’ll take 200 feet and claim it was a mile.

Then they’ll look around and realize the mistake and take 200 more until they actually get there…

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The cost of bribing the Supreme Court is really high nowadays, gotta make sure they get their money's worth.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what like 2, 3 trips to tahiti?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Just round it out to an even 38 luxry vacations and we'll call it a day.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Time to become a high school football coach and have the kids face Mecca and pray 3 times a practice! They're gonna love this.

And just wait until I get to prove Yahweh is the same God in both religions in the Theocratic courts. Appeal to the pope to excommunicate them if they balk like the church did the Gnostics or Aryans for similar reasons.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

They want to expand fake "religious freedom" by abolishing the real thing.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A reminder that ADF, the group that creates these lawsuits with fake clients, is funded almost exclusively by Leonard Leo, the head of the Federalist Society, and the man who Trump used to pick all judges, including the three supreme court picks.

Almost every single conservative judge is a member of the Federalist Society.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the man who ~~Trump~~ McConnell used to pick all judges, including the three supreme court picks.

Trump doesn't give a fuck about the conservative agenda beyond how it can enrich him personally.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the man who ~~Trump~~ McConnells Handler's used to pick all judges, including the three supreme court picks.

Seeing McConnell now makes me think he hasn't been making decisions for the better part of the last decade.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Almost every single conservative judge is a member of the Federalist Society.

And conversely, every single Federalist Society judge is groomed to decide cases based on reactionary politics rather than the law.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

And every right wing propagandist is groomed to call judges not picked by conservatives "activist judges" so they get to point the finger first and say "you're the activist, it can't be my team because I'm calling you out first!"

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I do solemnly swear that if separation of Church and State is abolished I will begin abolishing everything in my sight.

I'm so sick of watching these fucks flirt around with fascism and theocracy. Its getting worse by the minute, they are brazen.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

If I ever held power in the US; my first act would be to tax all religious institutions. My second act would be to fund social programs with their money.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Come on -- at least in Christian Fascist USA we'll get free blood/wine on Sundays!

/s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Were not crazy, you are! We just imagine cannibalism as we drink wine and eat crackers that are supposed to be Jesus Meals™ and we believe in an invisible man that knows everything but relies on your actions and punishes you for eternity for stupid shit. Now either eat your Jesus Meal™ or get in the damn police car, you godless heathen!"

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my favorites is how we're all made in His image, but if you go to his mansion at the Vatican, he's so disgusted by Women's exposed arms (and thus his own), he has his servants to make them buy Vatican flags to cover up with.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Your body is a temple; a nasty, rotten, sexy, disease-riddled temple that needs to be hidden and condemned."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He needs to take a look in the Mirror.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

To be clear, I made up that quote. It was intended to be satirical.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So, his lawyers filed a response with the court that he would resume coaching within 24 hours of reinstatement. Isn't there any punishment to someone for lying to a court?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes, but that requires people to do their job, and US law enforcement are some of the laziest mother fuckers on this planet.

I mean law endorcement as the whole system, not just the officers, tgough they are the prime example.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Uvalde PD sat in that school for 74 minutes listening to a gunman murder children and teachers. They rehired that lady mocking helpless parents and gloating about if she was in their shoes she'd not wait. They upgraded the termination record of the commander on scene that piece of shit Arrendondo.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-police-chief-wins-appeal-upgrade-termination-record/story?id=97372289 https://www.kut.org/politics/2022-07-18/73-minutes-is-too-long-former-judge-weighs-in-on-probe-of-police-response-in-uvalde https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/us/texas-uvalde-school-officer-investigation/index.html

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...law enforcement are some of the ~~laziest~~ most cowardly and insecure mother fuckers on this planet.

Fixed it!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's definitely all three for many cops.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The whole case was a lie to the court and the justices didn’t care. The facts of the case are straight up fabricated. They get to push their Christian agenda and that’s all that matters

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

It's almost like Republicans have literally nothing better to do than to wage culture wars because they're morally and professionally bankrupt.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

All it will take is one more Republican presidency to get the separation of church and state to be knocked down.

There will be some out there who think I'm crazy for saying it, and they will claim it will never happen. Yeah... ok. We all thought RvW was secure as well. It doesn't even have to be Trump. ALL Republicans are radicalized extremists. That entire party is corrupt to it's core and it will shove religion down our throats if they regain the White House and keep their power in Congress.

What infuriates me even more than all this, is the thought that there would be protests out in the streets the day AFTER Republicans win the White House by people who couldn't be bothered to vote the day earlier. They were too busy or it would be too much trouble to go vote on Tuesday November 5th, but they sure seem to find time to go protest and loot the local electronics store on Wednesday November 6th.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him." - Matt 6:5-8

The Supreme Court doesn't rule on the theological validity of what he's doing--nor should they--but his supporters ought to take note that the Bible explicitly says not to do this shit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Dissolve the court. Arrest Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas and Kavanaugh. They take money from people who have business before the court and they make their rulings based on obviously disprovable lies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Fuck this fuck