Posted on 10/21/2017 4:58:31 PM PDT by marshmallow
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a ruling out of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that declared a New Mexico Ten Commandments monument unconstitutional. Two Wiccan women who took offense at the display had filed suit against the Decalogue placement in 2012, stating that it made them feel “alienated.”
The nation’s highest court gave no reason on Monday for its decision to not to take the case.
“This is a victory for the religious liberty of people everywhere,” Peter Simonson, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, remarked in a press release. “The Supreme Court’s decision to let the rulings against the monument stand sends a strong message that the government should not be in the business of picking and choosing which sets of religious beliefs enjoy special favor in the community.”
The ACLU had represented Wiccans Jane Felix and Buford Coone of the Order of the Cauldron of the Sage in its legal challenge against the monument, which has been on display at Bloomfield City Hall since 2011. A former city council member had proposed the monument four years prior, which was then approved by city council but paid for with private money.
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Buy a piece of property and put up a monument.
Put whatever you want on it.
I am not sure what is so difficult to understand.
in keeping with existing rulings. sucks, but there it is.
Or have a rotating art area in the foyer with a decoration committee rotating art that they ramdomly select from ideas forwarded by email from citizens.
New rule: banned monuments must be physically removed by plaintiffs and/or judges at their expense. They’re offended so they won’t mind doing the work or paying for help.
Or better yet, have the city hall permanently sell a location within it to a private non-profit(in the same fashion as crypts are sold for the display of urns or a sarcophagus in a mausoleum)whereas the non-profit can use the space as it pleases...including the Lord’s Prayer...
There is no constitutional right to not feel alienated.
They should do like the San Diego one and sell just the land it sits on, and not budge it one inch.
I don’t know an agreed-on definition of religious liberty, but I don’t see how this is a victory for it.
Freedom from religion instead of freedom of religion.
Damn them.
And God will say He feels alienated by them which means that ...
Okay, but “making a cake for a same-sex couple violates [a baker’s] religious liberty,” doesn’t sound like the baker’s being denied freedom from religion.
Why do we permit the tail to wag the dog? Two people over thousands...
Just remember, that separation of church and state is not in the Constitution, it is a lawyer created concept. The Constitution says,
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...”
This provision specifically does not constrain citizens’ practice of religion whether on or off ‘government’ property. Because citizens construct a religious display on Federal land doesn’t mean that the Government endorses it. Are we now to destroy all the tombstones with Christian crosses and Jewish Stars of David in Arlington Cemetery? Give me a break, please!
Good idea.
I guess there is now? I don’t know why the court refused ro hear this case?
wow. if true, this is a catastrophe of pure wickedness by the SC. textualism my eye.
Constitution doesn’t protect anyone from being offended
I meant that they view the issue completely differently than normal people.
Where we view it as freedom of religion, meaning we are free to practice our faith, they view it as freedom from religion where you don’t get to practice your faith because they don’t like it.
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