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2020-05-31 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Roberts joins liberals as Supreme Court rejects church challenge to CA virus restrictions

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Posted by Clem 2020-05-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 See, if you are credentialed enough, you too can't read the Constitution too.

Could you point out the 'suspension' clause for me in the text?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-31 07:20|| 2020-05-31 07:20|| Front Page Top

#2 operate with 25 percent of seats filled

Gee, 4 services instead of 1.
How tough is that?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-31 10:13|| 2020-05-31 10:13|| Front Page Top

#3 rejecting the argument... that the restrictions on how many people can attend their services violate the Constitution's religious liberty protections.

Not a lawyer, but I believe the argument was not restrictions per se, but that churches were being treated differently than businesses like restaurants.

Posted by SteveS 2020-05-31 10:16|| 2020-05-31 10:16|| Front Page Top

#4 If churches want to be treated the same, maybe they can start paying taxes.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-31 10:36|| 2020-05-31 10:36|| Front Page Top

#5 ..ah, yes, take that up with the SCOTUS holy 'Separation of Church and State' doctrine. Suddenly the state runs the church with state approved doctrines.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-31 10:41|| 2020-05-31 10:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Nonsense. The Constitution states that Congress will not make a law for the establishment of religion. I should think the Founding Fathers did not want another Church of England.

Unfortunately, that horse is already out of the barn.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-31 11:28|| 2020-05-31 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 But, surely they are registered as "non-profit organizations" like the Clinton Foundation....

Posted by Clem 2020-05-31 11:38|| 2020-05-31 11:38|| Front Page Top

#8 #3 has it. Big box stores and "essential Businesses" get waivers from restrictions (*wink wink* Governor Wolf) especially if they're donors. Yet they aren't mentioned in the Constitution. Don't treat them better than the religions

Posted by Frank G 2020-05-31 11:53|| 2020-05-31 11:53|| Front Page Top

#9 So who has been going into the Mosques, temples and Churches counting heads?

Posted by Airandee 2020-05-31 16:45|| 2020-05-31 16:45|| Front Page Top

#10 ..Karens

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-31 18:37|| 2020-05-31 18:37|| Front Page Top

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