Atheists, what do you think of the court ruling against the Atheist group that brought a suit against Bush?

Question

For making faith based inititives?

Answer 1

I'm kinda glad. I don't like atheists forcing thier religion on me.

Answer 2

The ruling is that Bush has the right to make initiatives. The Freedom from Religion Foundation have also challenged individual cases of religious funding coming from the initiative and have usually won.
Is this supposed to mean that the Supreme Court have the power to rule on whether God exists or not. The legal issue is the extent to which the President can use his powers to fund religious enterprises without imposing his religious principles on other citizens, thus going against their constitutional rights to have religious freedom.
The ruling has nothing to do with the existence of God or otherwise. Unfortunately this is a typical fundamentalist question. Introducing an irrelevancy and claiming a link between the irrelevancy and the existence of God does not constitute any form of proof or even a basis for belief.

Answer 3

The court is pro Bush, but that is besides the point, the group had no belief that they would win, it was done to draw attention to the absurdities of the thing that is Bush. It did the job quite well I think.

Answer 4

Its fine by me.... The Supreme Court just ruled that students have a limited amount of free speech as well....kid lost a case for having a banner that read "Bong Hits for Jesus." Since this cannot be said in the future as it promotes illegal narcotic use, atheists in the future can now sue kids and schools who allow kids to wear religious slogans on their shirts that promote HATE towards homosexuals, because that is against the law as well.

See, we just use logic to defeat the idiocity.

Answer 5

Can I have the link to that. I have been trying to read up on it.
I want to read the courts full statement before I tell you what I think of it.
Last I seen they hadnt made a decision yet.

Edit: Ok I read some coverage on it. Says ordinary citizens cant sue yet only "must be pursued by a person or group directly injured by a government action"

So in light of that I give you this:
http://www.in-forum.com/News/articles/169341

Answer 6

This is why I had so many nightmares about the justices retiring. It's so blatantly unfair. Did you know that the Office gives its money entirely to Christian organizations, and doesn't give any to any other faiths?

Voters don't have standing?!? Between things like this and Bush's signing statments, I'm feeling like this is a monarchy, not a democracy. Where are the checks and balances? Down with King W!

Answer 7

I haven't read the case. The decision could have rested on something entirely valid. Or not. Bush's "Faith Based Initiatives" are completely ridiculous, though. Thankfully, his days in office are numbered.

Answer 8

I think its favoritism on the courts part towards Bush. I also think that the Atheists were going to lose right from the getgo because the country is mired in its own Christian arrogance.

Answer 9

This is : One Nation Under GOD!
Anyone who can't agree with that get out of our the country!
To many lives have died fighting for it. My dad for one.
God is real and everyone will know it one day.

Rom 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.

Answer 10

Bush has done a lot that is unconstitutional. He has done far more that is plain morally abhorrent.

I have not noticed that court decisions much change what he does.

Answer 11

I haven't heard anything about this but I'd be really interested to read about it. Could you please post a link to an article or some other source?