Our Theocratic Court

Soon, conservatives justices could do more to catapult the country into a theocratic morass than any previous Supreme Court term in modern history.

We’ve already seen a woman’s right of choice decimated by the current court and while it may be denied, the religious right is influencing the court and pushing their ideology into law. I’ve listed a couple of cases that may be decided in the near future; each one cloaked in the guise of religious freedom.

Brackeen v. Haaland
In 1978, Congress passed the Indian Child Welfare Act in response to a crisis during which Native children were funneled into state foster care systems and shipped off to white Christian evangelical families. Stripping brown and Black children of their culture and heritage and forcibly assimilating them into white America is a hallmark of Christian evangelism. History is rife with tales of missionaries traveling to far-flung lands to “tame” the “savages.”

Well, you don’t have to travel to any far-flung lands to see white Christian evangelism at work. One need only read the briefing in Brackeen v. Haaland. Texas argued that the Indian Child Welfare Act harms Native children because it prohibits them from being raised according to white middle-class standards. 

303 Creative v. Elenis
In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Court is being asked to weaponize the First Amendment against LGBTQ people, permitting bigots to claim freedom of religion as they turn same-sex couples away from their businesses. The website designer plaintiff in 303 Creative, like the baker in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, is claiming that her websites are an expression of her artistry, and compelling her to build a website for a same-sex couple would be an infringement on her free speech rights. She is making these claims even though no one has even asked her to make a website for a same-sex couple. 

The LGBTQ community needs protection. But the FedSoc Six think protecting a vulnerable group of people—a group that is literally under siege in this country—is less important than a bigot’s right to discriminate by claiming freedom of religion.

-from Rewire News Group