By Peter Pinedo
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 14, 2023 / 18:15 pm
The Satanic Temple display in the Iowa state capitol building is not protected by the First Amendment, a Catholic legal expert told CNA.
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, a legal analyst for EWTN, told CNA that the display installed at the request of a prominent atheist group is not religious expression but rather about making a mockery of religion.
not religious expression but rather about making a mockery of religion
Mockery of religion is religious expression.
A Catholic legal expert for the Eternal Word Television Network told the Catholic News Agency
exactly what they wanted to hear.
I like that you don’t even have to specify in which country those ridiculous events take place. Readers will have automatically filled in the blanks with those two lines.
Well duh, she’d be an idiot not to say what they pay her to say.
Convenient. First Christians argue atheists make a religion of atheism, then say it’s not.
notice they did not say attorney.
However, she is/was. From her awful website
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is Director of the Conscience Project. A Stanford-educated lawyer, she has dedicated her legal career to civil rights and appellate advocacy.
Andrea got her start as a trial and appellate attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to leading the Conscience Project, she served as the legal advisor for the Catholic Association, filing amicus briefs with federal courts of appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court in key religious freedom and free speech cases.
She has also joined Fox News, Newsmax and a variety of other shows to share expert commentary.
Right. By ‘civil rights’ and ‘religious freedom’, she means things like the rights of Christians to oppress other people, like the article here.
How the fuck did she graduate from Stanford without a basic understanding of the First Amendment?
Religion makes a mockery of itself, the Satanic Temple shows us this.
Legal Expert
Doubt.
If that’s what this “legal expert” says, then they are not much of an expert on anything at all. If religious freedom is a protection under the first amendment, or any other part of the constitution, then this display is absolutely protected by it. I just got my copy of it (heavier than I expected) to display in my own temple on my property. It’s wonderful to see and it makes me feel great about this amazing world to look upon it.
Quick somebody destroy a cross of Jesus christ
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rather about making a mockery of religion.
That’s Freedom of Religion & Freedom of Speech you stupid #christofascist bag of hair.
