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The 1st Amendment applies to states via the 14th Amendment. I don't get why states and counties are allowed to have religious laws. Of course, it's a long stand
by logn 12y ago
The 1st Amendment applies to states via the 14th Amendment. I don't get why states and counties are allowed to have religious laws. Of course, it's a long standing double standard that Christian laws are allowed. I'd hope if someone took this to the Supreme Court that these laws would be struck down.
That said, I fully support privately recognized religious days or "personal sabbaths".
- gizmo686 12y agoThis has been tested in the Supreme Court, McGowan v. Maryland: "The proponents of Sunday closing legislation are no longer exclusively representatives of religious interests. Recent New Jersey Sunday legislation was supported by labor groups and trade associations, Note, 73 Harv. L. Rev. 730-731; modern English Sunday legislation was promoted by the National Federation of Grocers and supported by the National Chamber of Trade, the Drapers' Chamber of Trade, and the National Union of Shop Assistants. 308 Parliamentary Debates, Commons 2158-2159." "However, it is equally true that the "Establishment" Clause does not ban federal or state regulation of conduct whose reason or effect merely happens to coincide or harmonize with the tenets of some or all religions. In many instances, the Congress or state legislatures conclude that the general welfare of society, wholly apart from any religious considerations, demands such regulation. Thus, for temporal purposes, murder is illegal. And the fact that this agrees with the dictates of the Judaeo-Christian religions while it may disagree with others does not invalidate the regulation." https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17217681544048586142&q=McGowan+v.+Maryland&hl=en&as_sdt=20000006&as_vis=1 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=172176815440485...