http://atheists.meetup.com/530/Rally and Demonstration @ the Supreme Court Wednesday February 28, starting @ 9:30 am RSVP at Meetup.com: Beltway Atheists on Meetup.comWhere: Supreme Court BuildingCapitol Hill, First Street Washington DCWashington , DC 20559More info call me: 571 214 8620 Description: Demonstration to support Freedom of Religion Foundation as the Supreme Court hears arguments as to the legality of President Bush’s “Faith Based Initiative Program” in regards to Separation of Religion and Government.
I would have been able to make this, but too short of notice! Grrr!
Same here wish I knew a little sooner , cant take off work now.
Since I work within a 10 minute walk to there, I do believe I will be there.
I’m sure you meant Freedom From Religion Foundation. (FFRF)
I would like to be there, but sadly I am under 18.
Best of luck!
Here’s a link to the transcripts once there posted….just click on the transcripts button and navigate…..
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/oral_arguments.html
I will definitely be looking for them tomorrow at this time….
It will be interesting to see if Bush’s 2 recent appointments have changed the ideology of the court and have them leaning in a righteous disgusting way….
I was just about to go visit my brother in Arlington, VA and could have changed my schedule with more notice! Next time something like this is going to happen please give us more notice.
Well, Calliforneey’s too far away for me to make it, but rest assured I’ll be there in (ahem,*cough* *cough*)
get ready for this —
spirit.
Oh, sometimes I just kill myself.
This case is not about Sep of Church and State…merely whether one can challange the White House on their Faith Based Office…tough to rally around that cause…
Hopefully they’ll have more members show up then they did at their last “Happy Hour” party…
I’ll bet you Five that he won’t “welcome” the decision if they loose…
I’m have no problem with our government supporting Faith Based Initiatives (FBIs). After all the Bible says the just shall live by faith, so I’d love to see congress send truckloads of faith to Faith Base Initiatives to be passed out to people in need of faith. I might even send a box of my own faith, although it would be a pretty small box, me being an atheist.
Only ignorant people don’t know it’s wrong for our government to give money to FBIs. It’s just a waste of money; all they need is faith, right? Also, giving money to religions is an obvious church/state violation and nobody wants to violate our constitution, now do they?
Support Faith Based Initiatives with fatih, that’s the spirit!
It’s also too short a notice for me — maybe if I’d read my FFRF paper I would have known about it in advance.Anyhow, I wish them well.
So how did it go??
From the newspaper articles on this subject, it would appear that the court is leaning towards saying that individuals lack the necessary “standing” to be able to take their grievance on such government spending to the courts, but that some denominations could sue if they could show that they had been discriminated against.
It seems to me that atheists would not likely be able to sue even if the government decided to build its own churches all over the country.
What a sad commentary on how ignorance has triumphed over rational thought in this country.