“The touchstone for our analysis is the principle that the First Amendment mandates government neutrality between religion and religion, and between religion and nonreligion...”
“When the government acts with the ostensible and predominant purpose of advancing religion, it violates tha central Establishment clause value of official religious neutrality...”
Needless to say, I think this is a good ruling. I will post more as the text of the opinion is made available.
Court Bars Courthouse Commandment Displays
Supreme Court bars Ten Commandments at courthouses
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I am not sure I would agree that the court really got it right. The ruling does not make a clear objective line as too what is constitutional and what is not constitutional. It, instead, creates a subjective line that is going to create more, not less, litigation.
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