The 911 hijackers who exercised their "religious freedom". No beards!
Posted on 01/21/2015 5:49:23 PM PST by ebb tide
On Tuesday in the case of Holt v. Hobbs, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Muslim inmate in an Arkansas state prison who sought to wear a half-inch beard in accordance with his faith.
“The decision in Holt v. Hobbs is a great victory for religious freedom,” said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, “because it underscores that each and every person enjoys this basic human right.”
“You don’t lose it if you subscribe to a minority faith, or even if you enter prison — in fact, you never lose it,” Archbishop Lori explained. “That is because, as the Second Vatican Council taught 50 years ago in Dignitatis Humanae, ‘the right to religious freedom has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person.’”
The Court found that the State of Arkansas could not meet the requirements of the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), which forbids the imposition of a “substantial burden” on religious exercise, unless the burden is the “least restrictive means” to serve a “compelling government interest.”
This “exceptionally demanding” test is virtually identical to the one established by the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), which is the principal basis for the successful federal civil rights lawsuits challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate that employers cover sterilization, contraception, and drugs and devices that may cause abortion.
In May 2014, USCCB joined other religious groups in filing an amicus curiae brief at the Supreme Court in support of the position that prevailed in yesterday’s decision. That brief is available online: www.usccb.org/about/general-counsel/amicus-briefs/upload/Holt-v-Hobb-Arkansas-Dept-of-Correction.pdf
The Catholic Church in saner times spoke of "religious tolerance", not "freedom".
What about the religious freedom of bankers not to sell wedding cakes to homosexual couples?
The 911 hijackers who exercised their "religious freedom". No beards!
Those 20th century Islamist clowns would be beheaded by heresy by the newer breed of true Muslims.
So the US Supreme Court grants a muslim an exemption of prison regulations (in the name of religious freedom), yet in the same week, the Court refuses to hear a case where the Catholic seal of confession has been ruled to be null and void.
Idiots. Just like their idiot pope.
“bankers not to sell wedding cakes”
Bankers sell cakes? Gotta go. I have to go to the bakery to get some cash.
Before you go all ballistic on the Catholic Church, try reading the brief and acting like the educated people that you are.
It might be of interest to you all to see who joined the "Friend of the Court Brief".
From the brief:
BRIEF FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSION BOARD OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION,
UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS,
ISLAMIC SHURA COUNCIL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
JEWISH PRISONER SERVICES INTERNATIONAL,
LUTHERAN CHURCH—MISSOURI SYNOD,
STATED CLERK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.),
GENERAL CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS,
AND GENERAL SYNOD OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER
The principal of law use to mean something on this forum.
Such a silly statement. Taxpayer funded abortion is also law in this country. Doesn't mean I'm going to accept or support it.
If you think heretics and muslims agreeing with the USCCB as friends of the court is a good sign, I now understand why you seem to like Francis and his religious indifferentism so much.
On the other hand, watch what you confess to your priest; Big Brother can now listen in.
haha
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