{"id":27836,"date":"2016-03-20T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T18:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27836"},"modified":"2016-03-20T14:02:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T18:02:06","slug":"this-man-is-not-a-moderate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27836","title":{"rendered":"This Man Is Not A Moderate"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, Life News<\/a> posted some information on Supreme Court<\/a> nominee Merrick Garland<\/a>. Obviously their issue is abortion, but the article sheds some light on the broader issue of religious freedom.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Garland joined in a unanimous decision<\/a> by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit<\/a> in November 2014, which concluded last year that the HHS mandate<\/a> doesn\u2019t abrogate the religious freedoms of Priests for Life or 11 other religious groups that also challenged the mandate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Priests for Life was one of the earliest organizations to file a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its HHS mandate.<\/span> The mandate compels religious groups to pay for birth control drugs and drugs like ella that can cause very early abortions. But Garland\u2019s court ruled against the pro-life groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The court case and\u00a0 others like it are part of a move to keep the practice of religion inside the walls of the church and take away the influence of religion in everyday life. Although the Constitution makes clear that the state has no authority to set up a national religion, our Constitution assumes that we will be government by a God-fearing moral people and protects the right of Americans<\/a> to practice their religion. John Adams stated, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Religion does belong in the public square–not as a denomination–but as the foundation of our values. Our legal system is based on a Judeo-Christian ethic, and is not designed to work for an amoral people. Unfortunately the political left in America is attempting to move us away from traditional morality to a place our government was not designed to go. Political correctness is one way the left is attempting to overcome America’s religious roots, and using a very loose definition of ‘hate speech’ is another way.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

Writing for the 5-4 majority, Justice Samuel Alito<\/span> handed down the decision for the high court<\/a>, saying, \u201cThe Supreme Court holds government can\u2019t require closely held corporations with religious owners to provide contraception coverage.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The court ruled that the contraception mandate violated the Religious Freedom<\/a> and Restoration Act, a 1993 law and it held that the mandate \u201csubstantially burdens the exercise of religion\u201d and that HHS didn\u2019t use the \u201cleast restrictive means\u201d to promote this government interest, tests required by RFRA.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Justice John Roberts<\/a>, Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy joined in the majority decision. Justices Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg<\/a> and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garland\u2019s decision would put him squarely against the then-majority of the Supreme Court and would have someone who oppose religious liberty for pro-life groups replace a champion of it in Justice Scalia<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Garland has praised the author of Roe v. Wade<\/a> and said his court paper are \u201cthe greatest gift to the country.\u201d And information has surfaced showing that his former clerks have gone on to serve liberal judges by a 3-1 margin<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, if Hillary Clinton is elected President, chances are that her nominee for the Supreme Court will be even further to the left. Meanwhile, we all need to remember and follow the Biden Rule.<\/p>\n

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