Monday, June 28, 2010
SCOTUS ain't all bad
After striking down gun laws to allow criminals, thugs, morons, feeblewits and Republicans to own guns anywhere and anytime, the court managed to issue a ruling with some redeeming social value. And in doing so delivered a much needed smackdown to those "damned Christians" who think their God doesn't stink.
An ideologically split Supreme Court ruled Monday that a law school can legally deny recognition to a Christian student group that won't let gays join.Now the poor little CLS can slink back into a corner and whine and cry about how their god is being victimized by others who, mirable dictu, don't believe as they do.
The court turned away an appeal from the Christian Legal Society, which sued to get funding and recognition from the University of California's Hastings College of the Law.
The CLS requires that voting members sign a statement of faith and regards "unrepentant participation in or advocacy of a sexually immoral lifestyle" as being inconsistent with that faith.
But Hastings said no recognized campus groups may exclude people due to religious belief or sexual orientation.
The court on a 5-4 judgment upheld the lower court rulings saying the Christian group's First Amendment rights of association, free speech and free exercise were not violated by the college's decision.
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