A recent court ruling has declared a law unconstitutional, citing its 'overtly religious' purpose. The judge emphasized that the law, which was intended to protect certain minority groups from discrimination, fails to ensure equal protection for all voters. This decision raises concerns regarding the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from establishing a religion or interfering with the free exercise of religion. Additionally, the Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin is seeking a review from the Supreme Court regarding a lower court's determination that their organization is insufficiently religious under state law. The ruling also criticized any claimed secular purpose of the law as insincere and a 'sham.'
“Any purported secular purpose was not sincere,” the ruling says, according to The Advocate, “but rather a sham.” https://t.co/xzse9ZlENh
The lawsuit argues that the law violates the First Amendment’s provisions forbidding the government from establishing a religion or blocking the free exercise of religion. https://t.co/ifU8LRwWAX
The Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin is asking #SCOTUS to review a lower court ruling that deems their organization insufficiently religious under state law. The government shouldn't decide which religious organizations are religious enough, and… https://t.co/AAyKzlIF7O