WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/27337/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Robert Ingersoll</b></a></p><blockquote> The Declaration of Independence announces the sublime truth, that all power comes from the people. This was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon one man to govern others. It was the first grand assertion of the dignity of the human race. It declared the governed to be the source of power, and in fact denied the authority of any and all gods. Through the ages of slavery — through the weary centuries of the lash and chain, God was the acknowledged ruler of the world. To enthrone man, was to dethrone God.<br> To Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, are we indebted, more than to all others, for a human government, and for a Constitution in which no God is recognized superior to the legally expressed will of the people.</blockquote><p><b>Robert Green Ingersoll</b> (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator<br>Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/27337/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=robertingersoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robertingersoll</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=churchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>churchandstate</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=DeclarationOfIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeclarationOfIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=divineright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>divineright</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a></p>
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WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/5051/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Robert Ingersoll</b></a></p><blockquote>It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the book as false or foolish are destroying the foundation of our country. The truth is, our government is not founded upon the rights of gods, but upon the rights of men. Our Constitution was framed, not to declare and uphold the deity of Christ, but the sacredness of humanity. Ours is the first government made by the people and for the people. It is the only nation with which the gods have had nothing to do. And yet there are some judges dishonest and cowardly enough to solemnly decide that this is a Christian country, and that our free institutions are based upon the infamous laws of Jehovah.</blockquote><p><b>Robert Green Ingersoll</b> (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator<br>Lecture (1873-12), “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/5051/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=robertingersoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robertingersoll</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=churchandstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>churchandstate</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=freedomofreligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomofreligion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=heresy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heresy</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=secularism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secularism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religiousfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religiousfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=OldTestament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldTestament</span></a></p>
Jack Vance<p>"This is a dangerous and unconstitutional move that promotes religious favoritism under the guise of protecting religious freedom."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.freethoughttoday.com/sections/100-front-page/ffrf-anti-christian-bias-directive-unconstitutional/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freethoughttoday.com/sections/</span><span class="invisible">100-front-page/ffrf-anti-christian-bias-directive-unconstitutional/</span></a></p>
akasamson<p>As Christians, how should we engage with politics? Read my latest piece on civic obedience and biblical doctrine. Join the conversation. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>God</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianLiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReformedTradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReformedTradition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalEngagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalEngagement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FaithInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaithInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BiblicalPrinciples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BiblicalPrinciples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VotingMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p><p><a href="http://rratedreligion.com/2025/05/03/the-christian-duty-to-vote-engaging-in-civic-responsibility/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">rratedreligion.com/2025/05/03/</span><span class="invisible">the-christian-duty-to-vote-engaging-in-civic-responsibility/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has proposed cutting spending on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> enforcement in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a>, work-study programs & services for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> from disadvantaged backgrounds. But one corner of the education budget he would boost: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> [I wonder if this has something to do w/the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> charter school case before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> right now]. His budget proposal would increase federal support for new charter schools by $60 million, or about 8.3%.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Start of this 🧵:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114427947242091075" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">masto.ai/@Nonilex/114427947242</span><span class="invisible">091075</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religious</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAR</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indoctrination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indoctrination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> is almost always in the majority in major cases, & he asked probing questions of both sides during the argument. But he also has consistently voted on the side of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> rights in the court’s cases that have expanded the role of faith in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> life.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Gregory Garre, representing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> AG, who sued to block the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a>, replied that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> are different.<br>
Under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, he said, charter schools “come into existence when they are approved & become part of the state, & they’re established by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislature</span></a>.” He pointed to the OK Supreme Court decision along those lines & said “virtually every state in the country & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> has understood charter schools to be.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> said programs where <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> deemed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> eligible for playground <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> & school <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vouchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vouchers</span></a> were also “created & controlled by the state.”<br>
He asked if the relevant test was whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> was “a creation & creature of the state? Because all of those were,” he said. “And we held it under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a>, you couldn’t exclude people because of their religious belief.”
<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Chief Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, a key vote on the court, voiced skepticism that this case was any different from prior situations where <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ruled that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> entities could not be excluded from receiving <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> money.</p><p>Roberts questioned the opponents’ argument that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> are creations of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> & therefore that the state may bar religious entities from participating.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Garre said no, because those <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> would still need to meet the state’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/standards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standards</span></a> & could not focus their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/curriculum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curriculum</span></a> on those subjects. As a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchool</span></a>, St. Isidore would have to meet those standards, too, Garre has argued.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> invoked several hypotheticals of what he called “progressive” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> setting their own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/curriculum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curriculum</span></a>, including being “an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ friendly school” w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> that present <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SameSex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SameSex</span></a> couples as “a perfectly legitimate lifestyle,” [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigot</span></a>] or teaching <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> from the standpoint of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project1619" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project1619</span></a>, which sought to reframe how the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> talks about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a>. [this fuckin guy]</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> asked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> atty Gregory Garre if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> could be more flexible in their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/curriculum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curriculum</span></a> & give families more alternatives to choose from in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>public</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>. Garre said all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a>, including charters, have to conform to the state’s curriculum requirements.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The conservative justices asked why a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchool</span></a> was different from a religiously run food bank or adoption agency that receives state government money through contract agreements.</p><p>Justice Brett <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> signaled his support for St. Isidore’s application, saying that excluding religious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> from the charter school program “seems like rank discrimination.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> pressed atty Gregory Garre on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a>’s position on the pivotal question at hand: that St. Isidore is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchool</span></a>, not a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> institution participating in a public program. Garre referenced the OK Supreme Court’s ruling that agreed.<br>
“This court has a lot of authority, but I don’t think it has the authority to second guess [that],” Garre said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The attorney representing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a>’s top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> enforcement officer told <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> that backing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchool</span></a> would upend the traditional definition of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a>.
<br>“It would result in the astounding rule that states not only may, but must fund & create public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a>,” said attorney Gregory Garre, calling such a notion “an astounding reversal from this court’s time-honored precedents.”<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElenaKagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElenaKagan</span></a> said she saw huge incentives for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> groups of various faiths to start <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ruled it was permissible. “There’s a line out the door,” she said, “if you can do this consistent with your religious beliefs.”<br>
That would also disfavor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religions</span></a> that don’t conform to other state requirements on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/curriculum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curriculum</span></a>, she said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> asked atty Michael McGinley, representing the proposed St. Isidore <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a>, what it would take for a school like this to be considered a state actor—& thus presumably unable to teach <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a>.<br>
“It requires government creation & control,” McGinley argued. He cited cases involving entities where government control was not complete & said that wasn’t enough for them to be considered a state actor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A skeptical Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KetanjiBrownJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KetanjiBrownJackson</span></a> asked whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> groups should be entitled to start <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> even though <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> charter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> seeks to establish only <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/secular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secular</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a>.<br>
“As I see it, [St. Isidore] is not being denied a benefit that everyone else gets,” Jackson said. “It’s being denied a benefit that no one else gets, which is the ability to establish a religious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchool</span></a>.”</p><p>👏👏<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>James Campbell, atty for the state charter board, replied that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> state is simply signing a contract with a private entity with various contractual requirements.<br>
“The state is not running these <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a>,” he said. “There are dozens of other requirements that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CharterSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchools</span></a> are not subject to.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a></p>
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