Explained: Carson vs Makin
The Supreme Court issued a huge ruling today in Carson v. Makin.
The Court ruled that states can not discriminate against sectarian schools. In that case, Maine reimburses parents for tuition at private schools, but not if they are backed by a church. The parents sued and the Supreme Court sided with the parents.
Over the last fifteen years, the Supreme Court has slowly been correcting its jurisprudence on religion. It used to maintain that allowing religious people in the town square was akin to establishing a religion. Now, the Court more and more takes the position that the secular and sectarian must co-exist on an equal footing. That’s a good thing. Let me explain what’s going on.
Progressives are incapable of seeing the US Constitution as a freedom enshrining document. They keep the parts they like, ignore the parts they don't, and invent the parts they need based on tissue-thin implications. The verbiage of the X Amendment should make things crystal clear. If it is not expressly written in the Constitution, it is for the States or the People. Period. Unfortunately, someone else being free enough to vocally and publicly denounce their ways cannot be tolerated. After all, other sensible people might agree with them and we can't have that, can we?
Erick - two questions here - what was the vote count on the Supreme Court for this vote, and secondly, when when you say that the state can not discriminate against a sectarian school, does this include schools backed by people of other faiths - ie: Jewish or Islamic? If yes, this does show total neutrality as it should be.