One thing I learned (or was nudged into noticing more clearly) at the CFI event is that I should be paying more attention to Greece v Galloway.
Or to put it another way, it’s the Supreme Court, stupid.
Eddie Tabash points out that we are one justice away from being second-class citizens. The “we” in that sentence is atheists and secularists.
As the Center for American Progress puts it,
The Supreme Court’s decision in Greece will serve as the basis for what is and is not permitted when it comes to prayers before official public meetings—guidance that could also be applied in cases involving all aspects of religion in the public sphere.
SCOTUS will hear the case November 6. It all hinges on Kennedy. (The ruling will come months later.)
Part of me thinks I should pay less attention to it instead of more, on the grounds that I like to remain cheerful. But that’s just cowardly.
I wonder which way Scalia and mini-Scalia (aka Thomas) will got on the decision.
“…we are one justice away from being second-class citizens. ” When I read this what popped into my head was abortion and the “we” being women, especially those without the means to travel to get an abortion or to take care of a baby if forced to give birth to one.
Oh.
I thought this was gonna be about George Galloway and Golden Dawn or summat.