State Religion in NC Proposed

[Dedicated Mind]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3003401.html

will this survive? good idea or bad idea? will we see black helicopters? will the south secede?

[Timmy]

[MissBrattified]

[Pressing-On]

Lemon v. Kurtzman - 403 U.S. 602 (1971)

• The law or state policy must have been adopted with a neutral or non-religious purpose.
• The principle or primary effect must be one that neither advances nor inhibits religion.
• The statute or policy must not result in an “excessive entanglement” of government with religion.

http://supreme.justia.com/cases/fede.../602/case.html

Torcaso v. Watkins - 367 U.S. 488 (1961)

“We repeat and again reaffirm that neither a State nor the Federal Government can constitutionally force a person “to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion.”
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/fede.../488/case.html

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3003401.html

will this survive? good idea or bad idea? will we see black helicopters? will the south secede?

OK, I'll comment.

It's a good idea. As long as the religion chosen to be official is the only true one.

[PastorTLArt]

I say dont let um secede, just go ahead and kick um out! and ll other states that do not support the US Constitution! We forget that the US is founded on the Constitution and Bill of Rights not on the Holy Bible or a Church.

[deafdriscoll]

If the official religion becomes christianity I am all for it.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by deafdriscoll

If the official religion becomes christianity I am all for it.

At what point would it not become Islam? I don't believe either is going to happen, because of the already settled case law.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by PastorTLArt

I say dont let um secede, just go ahead and kick um out! and ll other states that do not support the US Constitution! We forget that the US is founded on the Constitution and Bill of Rights not on the Holy Bible or a Church.

Actually, the Constitution does not limit a States power on having an official religion. It only limits the Federal Government's power. So they would not be violating the Constitution. However, I'm still not sure if it would be a good idea for a State to have an official religion.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Originalist

Actually, the Constitution does not limit a States power on having an official religion. It only limits the Federal Government's power. So they would not be violating the Constitution. However, I'm still not sure if it would be a good idea for a State to have an official religion.

How would that work in the case of the Supremacy Clause?

Article IV, Clause 2 of the Constitution: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.