‘establishment clause’

Pope Francis for the Supreme Court? [updated]

Pope Francis’s death today reminds us of how American courts are increasingly supporting damaging, explicitly political behavior under the hypocritical guise of religious expression.

Our beloved Constitution stated that the government could not establish an official religion, criminalizing others (or atheism). It did NOT say the government should SUPPORT religious observance–which is what the Right, and now Project 2025, aggressively seeks.

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The Pride Flag Dilemma

All kids deserve to feel accepted and safe at school.

When public schools promote Pride Month or fly the Pride flag next to the Stars & Stripes, they’re teaching kids that the best way to get adult attention–positive or negative–is to express childhood angst in the vocabulary of gender & orientation struggles.

Yes, Pride should mean acceptance of all kids. But kids who struggle with other issues—such as an alcoholic parent, a years-long bout of intense acne, early puberty, or guilt about masturbation–don’t get the same attention, aren’t perceived as cool, and don’t have nearly the same community or sense of identity.

Of course there are kids who struggle about gender

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