b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 1 The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can't exclude religious
organizations when distributing grant funding for state programs when the
money is used for a nonreligious purpose.
In a 7-2 ruling, the court sided with Trinity Lutheran Church in the case
challenging Missouri's decision to bar it from receiving funds in a state
program that reimburses nonprofits for resurfacing their playgrounds with
recycled rubber tires.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor read a fiery dissent, which was also signed by
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from the bench.
Though Trinity operates a preschool and day care center on its property, the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources said the state constitution
prohibits it from using public funds to support a church.
The court said the state's policy violated the rights of Trinity Lutheran
under the First Amendment's Free Exercise Clause by denying the church an
otherwise available public benefit on account of its religious status.
“The free Exercise Clause ‘protects religious observers against unequal
treatment’ and subjects to the strictest scrutiny laws that target the
religious for ‘special disabilities’ based on their religious status,”
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in delivering the opinion of the court.
“Apply that basic principle, this court has repeatedly confirmed that
denying a generally available benefit solely on account of religious
identity imposes a penalty on the free exercise of religion that cant be
justified only be a state interest ‘of the highest order.’”
In her dissent, Sotomayor said the court's decision "profoundly changes" the
relationship between church and state by holding for the the first time
that the Constitution requires the government to provide public funds
directly to a church.
"Its decision slights both our precedents and out history, and its reasoning
weakens this country's longstanding commitment to a separation of church
and state beneficial to both," she said. | V**3
发帖数: 12756 | 2 当初老王讲这个案例的时候，我就是这个观点
这个观点是实事求是，辩证的
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【在 b*****d 的大作中提到】
: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can't exclude religious
: organizations when distributing grant funding for state programs when the
: money is used for a nonreligious purpose.
: In a 7-2 ruling, the court sided with Trinity Lutheran Church in the case
: challenging Missouri's decision to bar it from receiving funds in a state
: program that reimburses nonprofits for resurfacing their playgrounds with
: recycled rubber tires.
: Justice Sonia Sotomayor read a fiery dissent, which was also signed by
: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from the bench.
: Though Trinity operates a preschool and day care center on its property, the
| m****n
发帖数: 2415 | 3 谁来翻译饥解读一下。
我觉得sotomayor的异见好像太夸张了，逻辑有问题！ | b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 4 她有逻辑吗？
【在 m****n 的大作中提到】
: 谁来翻译饥解读一下。
: 我觉得sotomayor的异见好像太夸张了，逻辑有问题！
| m****n
发帖数: 2415 | 5 我理解得对吗？
7个大法官认为宗教机构也可以同样享有申请公共福利的权利。
然后sotomayor说这是强迫政府给宗教机构拨款？ | V**3
发帖数: 12756 | 6 使用公共资金，用于公共用途
：我理解得对吗？
：7个大法官认为宗教机构也可以同样享有申请公共福利的权利。 |
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