faith in the unseen
hope that kindness will show up
love for my neighbor
ART
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faith in the unseen
hope that kindness will show up
love for my neighbor
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/faith-hope-and-love-5-art-full-sharon-cummings.html
Alito cont:
“Based on the record before us, the Board's introduction of the LGBTQ themed storybooks & the failure to provide notice & opt-out options for parents meets that test: it does interfere with the children's religious development & imposes a burden on #religious exercise.”
#law #SCOTUS #PublicSchool #schools #education #LGBTQ+ #censorship #bigotry
Alito writes:
"We have long recognized the rights of parents to direct 'the #religious upbringing' of their children. And we have held that those rights are violated by government policies that substantially interfere with the religious development of children."
#law #SCOTUS #PublicSchool #schools #education #LGBTQ+ #censorship #bigotry
#Law experts have long said they expect the #Louisiana case to make its way to the #SCOTUS, testing the #conservative #court on the issue of #religion & #government.
In 1980, the #SupremeCourt ruled that a similar #Kentucky law violated the #EstablishmentClause of the US #Constitution, which says #Congress can “make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” The high court found that the law had no secular purpose but served a plainly #religious purpose.
The mandate has been touted by #Republicans, including #Trump, & marks one of the latest pushes by #conservatives to incorporate #religion into classrooms.
The ultra conservative #5thCircuit Court of Appeals’ order stems from a lawsuit filed last year by #parents of #Louisiana school #children from various #religious backgrounds, who said the #law violates #FirstAmendment language guaranteeing religious liberty & forbidding government establishment of religion.
New video out! https://youtu.be/ULHZyvr3c4c?si=Xr0_W5ZFKoQ2nkg9
Recorded at One on One Recording Studio in North Hollywood, by the Instrumental Casting Orchestra, with Ruslan Biryukov (cello soloist) and Dustin McKinney (trumpet soloist). Buy or stream the limited-release single at https://bandwagon.fm/6847c6ce7ec4df2f9b084f8c
@music
#orchestra #classical #folksongs #nativeamericansong #hymns #sacredharp #religious #history #womencomposers #neurodivergentcomposer
I prefer to believe in uncomfortable truths (such as life not having any inherent meaning and morality being a social construct) rather than believing in comfortable falsehoods or unfalsifiable claims (like god creating humans for a special purpose and morality being god's creation). 2/2
#atheism #atheist #theism #christianity #christian #god #church #religious #religion
Amorality and zero-sum games have been prevalent throughout Christianitys reign for the past 2,000 years (the many bloody wars that spread Christianity across the world), so don't pretend that those things are unique to atheism and not things that are common to all people regardless of their belief or disbelief in god. 1/2
#atheism #atheist #theism #christianity #christian #god #church #religious #religion
#LeMonde's #leader today: "When #racism escalates to #farRight #terrorism"
"Behind #MarineLePen's respectable façade, the spread of the #RassemblementNational's #ideology, which has gained traction across much of the political spectrum, has fostered hostility toward #foreigners and incited tragic acts such as the murder of #HichemMiraoui."
"By viewing the tragedy solely through a #religious lens [one favors] the perspective preferred by all extremists."
In 3d world #America... today!
'Pastor' #Dillon #Awes said that the "solution" to #gay people is presented in the #Bible:
"They should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head."
Any #fanaticism is wrong, #religious fanaticism the most dangerous.
(The rule that if a group finds itself facing a situation of extreme survival
it is good to eliminate those who start praying... has a reason to be)
"Pastor" (my ass) Awes should at least be thrown in jail for inciting murder.
MOsaic dome from the 13th century from the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Italy. It features depictions of Christ and the apostles with other Christian symbolism.
#rome #italy #stpaul #basilica #dome #mosaic #religious #catholic #church #ancient #historical #apostles #christ #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll
The triumphal arch in the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Italy. It is a mosaic featuring Christ in the middle flanked by four winged evengelists and the 24 elders of Revelation. Below are Peter on the right and Paul on the left.
#rome #italy #church #basilica #cathedral #stpaul #arch #archway #mosaic #historic #religious #catholic #christ #evangelists #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll
The ornate, intricately carved main doorway of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside The Walls is made of bronze with silver inlays. It is flanked by marble sculptures and framed by an intricately detailed pediment with classical motifs.
#basilica #church #rome #italy #stpaul #door #doorway #entrance #bronze #marble #architecture #decorative #religious #historical #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll
…Casey was the most important case of the 1991-92 term, but there were other impressive Souter successes. He, Kennedy & O'Connor also came together, again joined by Blackmun & Stevens, in a crucial #EstablishmentClause case, Lee v. Weisman, where they struck down the recital of #religious prayers at #PublicSchool graduation ceremonies.
Sunlight spills in thru a window and onto some of the wooden pews of the church of Santa Maria Nuova, a Romanesque church in Viterbo Italy. Murals depicting religious figures adorn the stone walls, adding a sense of reverence and antiquity to the scene. Processed in BW.
https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/church-benches-viterbo-italy-bw-joan-carroll.html
#viterbo #italy #benches #blackandwhite #shadows #sunlight #rustic #architecture #santamarianuova #pews #murals #religious #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll
#Trump has proposed cutting spending on #CivilRights enforcement in #schools, work-study programs & services for #students from disadvantaged backgrounds. But one corner of the education budget he would boost: #CharterSchools [I wonder if this has something to do w/the #religious charter school case before #SCOTUS right now]. His budget proposal would increase federal support for new charter schools by $60 million, or about 8.3%.
#JohnRoberts 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 #religious rights in the court’s cases that have expanded the role of faith in #public life.
#JohnRoberts said programs where #SCOTUS deemed #religious #schools eligible for playground #grants & school #vouchers were also “created & controlled by the state.”
He asked if the relevant test was whether the #school was “a creation & creature of the state? Because all of those were,” he said. “And we held it under the #FirstAmendment, you couldn’t exclude people because of their religious belief.”
#law #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #ActivistCourt