In scandal after scandal, religious entities have hidden egregious misconduct from the public. With today& #39;s decision in #LittleSistersofthePoor, #SCOTUS went out of its way to help churches further shroud themselves from public view. https://www.atheists.org/2020/07/little-sisters-of-the-poor-v-pennsylvania/">https://www.atheists.org/2020/07/l... 1/9
This is particularly alarming in an era when public #accountability for both religion and government has been front and center. 2/9
To claim that signing a piece of paper declaring you are exempt from a law is burdensome, let alone substantially burdensome, is absurd. It would be laughable if it weren& #39;t so insidious. 3/9
What #LittleSistersofthePoor and other #ChristianNationalist organizations wanted—and what #SCOTUS seems intent on giving them—is the right to impose their religious views on the lives of their employees. 4/9
#ChristianNationalists wanted the right to dictate their employees& #39; health care decisions. Now they have it. 5/9
#ChristianNationalists wanted an unbounded right to discriminate in employment. Now they have it. 6/9 https://www.atheists.org/2020/07/our-lady-of-guadalupe-school/">https://www.atheists.org/2020/07/o...
#ChristianNationalists wanted all that ***and*** the right to take government money. After last week, they have that too. 7/9 https://www.atheists.org/2020/06/supreme-court-espinoza-religious-freedom/">https://www.atheists.org/2020/06/s...
(Not to mention taking #PPPloans while holding COVID parties that end up killing children.) 8/9 https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/07/florida-carsyn-davis-coronavirus/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/20...
If anyone needed an object lesson in why religion should have nothing to do with government, why #elections matter, why the parties are different, and why third party votes right now are cruel, selfish, and short-sighted, witness the #SupremeCourt in the last three weeks. 9/9