To: Publius
Problem: the Federal Constitution prohibits congress from enacting the establishment of a religion… how is barring sharia law from the State's own legal-system establishing a religion? Moreover, how can the first-amendment, which prohibits Congress from doing so, prohibit the states from doing so without the mechanism itself altering the text of the first amendment? And if the text thereof is altered, by what authority is it altered?
43 posted on
08/17/2013 4:00:09 PM PDT by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: OneWingedShark
The 14th Amendment has been viewed by the federal courts as incorporating the Bill of Rights into the state constitutions. The 1st Amendment stands as written, but is incorporated upon the states by the 14th. That’s how the courts view it.
47 posted on
08/17/2013 4:06:25 PM PDT by
Publius
(And so, night falls on civilization.)
To: OneWingedShark
Those who want to practice sharia law will eventually get arrested for breaking Judeo-Christian value laws and relative morality will spread under the guise of protected religion.
I can’t figure out how sharia can work in the USA without compromise from one system or the other.
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