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Warren Stupidity

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Fri Oct 3, 2014, 12:32 PM Oct 2014

Antonin Scalia Says Constitution Permits Court To 'Favor Religion Over Non-Religion'


The separation of church and state doesn’t mean “the government cannot favor religion over non-religion,” Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued during a speech at Colorado Christian University on Wednesday, according to The Washington Times.

Defending his strict adherence to the plain text of the Constitution, Scalia knocked secular qualms over the role of religion in the public sphere as “utterly absurd,” arguing that the Constitution is only obligated to protect freedom of religion -- not freedom from it.

“I think the main fight is to dissuade Americans from what the secularists are trying to persuade them to be true: that the separation of church and state means that the government cannot favor religion over non-religion,” the Reagan-appointed jurist told the crowd of about 400 people.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/antonin-scalia-says-constitution-permits-court-to-favor-religion-over-non-religion/ar-BB75vV4

"strict adherence" in this case means "reading what I want into the text".

Theocratic asshole.
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Antonin Scalia Says Constitution Permits Court To 'Favor Religion Over Non-Religion' (Original Post) Warren Stupidity Oct 2014 OP
how orwellian of him belzabubba333 Oct 2014 #1
Since we gave him custody of the Constitution... Orsino Oct 2014 #2
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