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"It is only right" is a specifically moral truth claim. Who determines whether it's right or wrong? Who says it's an all or none kind of deal? What gives you the right to impose your "all or none" morality on schools in Florida?
I think the U.S. Constitution and our tradition of liberty and pluralism has stood the test of time.
I think the U.S. Constitution and our tradition of liberty and pluralism has stood the test of time.
I would argue that, on the contrary, our Constitution is buried under mountains of unconstitutional case law, making constitutional government a practical impossibility today. We are ruled by an ideological judiciary, not the Constitution.
Furthermore our tradition of liberty and pluralism is quickly collapsing. It worked fairly well when we had something of a religious and moral consensus in this country. That consensus is gone, removing the very standard by which liberty is measured - and the social "glue" that kept pluralism from inviting despotism.
Furthermore our tradition of liberty and pluralism is quickly collapsing. It worked fairly well when we had something of a religious and moral consensus in this country. That consensus is gone, removing the very standard by which liberty is measured - and the social "glue" that kept pluralism from inviting despotism.
Might I ask, what skin is it off your backside if Satanists pray in school? How does it infringe your freedom any more, or less, than Christians praying in school infringes on mine?
I would argue that, on the contrary, our Constitution is buried under mountains of unconstitutional case law, making constitutional government a practical impossibility today. We are ruled by an ideological judiciary, not the Constitution.
Furthermore our tradition of liberty and pluralism is quickly collapsing. It worked fairly well when we had something of a religious and moral consensus in this country. That consensus is gone, removing the very standard by which liberty is measured - and the social "glue" that kept pluralism from inviting despotism.
You can argue all you like - doesn't make a damn bit of difference. The Constitution, as it is "interpreted" today, is the yardstick by which right and wrong is measured in the USA.
Of course it applies to all citizens. But nowhere does it spell out what those "privileges" and "immunities" are, and nowhere in the Constitution is the right to unfettered religious expression guaranteed for everyone equally in every imaginable context. This should be obvious to anyone who knows the least bit about the history of the First Amendment, the understanding of the ratifying states, and the existing laws favoring religion which the courts believed were protected by the First Amendment, not threatened by it.
The privilege in question is the right to speak at school functions. Just like all religions are allowed to do under the bill signed by Scott.
The Constitution, as it is "interpreted" today, is the yardstick by which right and wrong is measured in the USA.
In other words, The State determines morality. There is no higher Law.
And that, my friends, is the endgame of our tragic dance with liberalism.
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