This is the basis for this past Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling against a Christian’s only club on campus being denied funding because they require members to sign a form which makes it clear that homosexual activity and other abominations grounds to be denied entry. The ruling didn’t say much about their being a Christian organization; just that they had limited membership, closed off segments of our diverse society and therefore could be denied funding.

Great article, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Thank you for your comments.

I respectfully disagree.

That policy in that particular district was caused by Federal interference in the first place. They were only trying to find a way to preserve what never should have been interfered with. That’s point one.

Point two is that the ruling ending up ultimately ending prayer everywhere regardless of who said the prayers, and policies varied from school to school.

The first Amendment reads “Congress shall make no law … prohibiting the free exercise of religion.” No law is pretty plain language. No law means no law. And this was a specific prohibition against federal interference, whereas, state and local policy might make a law — with the well understood point, if a state or local law was abusive it is a far easier business to fix, reverse, and oh yeah, carry the bums out of town on a rail if necessary.

What also needs to be considered is that the first amendment says Congress shall make no law. IT DIDN’T EVEN CONTEMPLATE THE OUTRAGEOUS AND TYRANNICAL IDEA THAT A HANDFUL OF MEN IN ROBES, UNELECTED AND APPOINTED FOR LIFE, WOULD MAKE LAW.

But all of this, all of this could have been avoided by never letting the money flow to DC and then back to the states again to run things we can run ourselves. And there’s nothing free about such schools. The federal government can’t give to us anything without taking it from us first. Had we stuck to privately run and or local community run schools that would be best of all. It’s what we must go back to now if we hope to recover and then maintain our liberties.

Best, Steve

I supposed you’d prefer a bunch of faceless schoolboard bureaucrats writing prayers for other people’s children to recite? Because that’s what the supreme court struck down.