16 April 2010

Supreme Court, here we come

The AP has an article in The New York Times about a recent ruling:
Judge Barbara Crabb of the United States District Court in Madison, Wisconsin ruled that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. Judge Crabb issued the ruling in a lawsuit brought by an atheists and agnostics group, Freedom From Religion Foundation, against former President George W. Bush’s administration. The group, based in Madison, argued that the Day violated the separation of church and state. Congress established the Day in 1952. In 1988, it set the first Thursday in May as the day for presidents to issue proclamations asking Americans to pray.
Rico says he wouldn't pray even if the President asked him to, but it's a stupid thing and should get whacked... (The problem remains that "one nation, under God" thing in the Pledge of Alligance, you see. And, no, it's not in the fucking Constitution, which specifically says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". So you can freely exercise your stupid religion all you want, but you can't make Rico do it...)

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