Most people think of the Constitution as a legal document: The original articles establish the structure of our government, while the Bill of Rights are rules for treating each other. The courts certainly use the Constitution and its amendments to resolve legal issues, and law students are taught to[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religious Discrimination’
Prominent Christian nationalist says Jews aren’t welcome in GOP
Andrew Torba (photo, left), an alt-right social media figure, argues Jews must be excluded from the conservative movement. “We don’t want people who are Jewish,” he said. “This is an explicitly Christian movement because this is an explicitly Christian country.” Actuall[...]
December 6th, 2016 - 1:04 am § in Misc.
Who among us feels himself so exalted above his fellows, as to have a right to dictate to them their mode of belief?”
Back in 1809 Hugh Mills, a Republican, had a strong case for overturning the election of Jacob Henry, a Federalist, to North Carolina’s State Aseembly. You see, Henry was still a Jew, even though he had already served a year in the legislature, owned 300 acres, a town lot, and[...]
October 7th, 2014 - 1:53 pm § in Misc.
Proselytizing with a badge and gun
The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against an Indiana state trooper who pulled over a 60-year-old woman for a traffic violation and, after writing a warning ticket, asked her if she’s a Christian, what church she attends, and handed her a religious pamphlet. David Bursten, a spokesman for the Indian[...]