If Congress may not pass any law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, what's left for the government to do in regards to religion? Nothing. It in effect creates a wall of separation between government and religion.
Additionally, the 14th Amendment extends the First Amendment to state and local governments.
carriek, the cheerleaders rights have only been violated if you think that people have a right to use a government sponsored event to exclusively promote their religion. Were others allowed to take center stage on the field and promote their religious views? No, only the cheerleaders. So it looks like what you are advocating are special rights for cheerleaders and then to deny those rights to everyone else. We are all equal under the law or we are not. If the cheerleaders have this right and no one else does then we are not equal under the law.
And Ronald, you are the only true Christian in the world, right?
BTW, the Supreme Court would disagree with your assessment of the Constitution. If you want your religion to be promoted by the government then why don't you do it right and amend the Constitution to repeal the First Amendment and specifically the establishment clause.
This nation doesn't belong to you because you are Christian. It belongs to us all because we are Americans.
Why do people feel that school events should be used to promote their religious beliefs? That is exactly what these cheerleaders did. They used their exclusive station within the hierarchy of the school to promote their religious beliefs. And to suggest that we allow this because they are just cheerleaders, what does that tell everyone, the Constitution is unimportant.
Cheerleaders’ religious signs draw fire
If Congress may not pass any law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, what's left for the government to do in regards to religion? Nothing. It in effect creates a wall of separation between government and religion.
Additionally, the 14th Amendment extends the First Amendment to state and local governments.
Cheerleaders’ religious signs draw fire
carriek, the cheerleaders rights have only been violated if you think that people have a right to use a government sponsored event to exclusively promote their religion. Were others allowed to take center stage on the field and promote their religious views? No, only the cheerleaders. So it looks like what you are advocating are special rights for cheerleaders and then to deny those rights to everyone else. We are all equal under the law or we are not. If the cheerleaders have this right and no one else does then we are not equal under the law.
Cheerleaders’ religious signs draw fire
And Ronald, you are the only true Christian in the world, right?
BTW, the Supreme Court would disagree with your assessment of the Constitution. If you want your religion to be promoted by the government then why don't you do it right and amend the Constitution to repeal the First Amendment and specifically the establishment clause.
Cheerleaders’ religious signs draw fire
This nation doesn't belong to you because you are Christian. It belongs to us all because we are Americans.
Why do people feel that school events should be used to promote their religious beliefs? That is exactly what these cheerleaders did. They used their exclusive station within the hierarchy of the school to promote their religious beliefs. And to suggest that we allow this because they are just cheerleaders, what does that tell everyone, the Constitution is unimportant.