Current Events > Justice Amy Barrett, a religious zealot, is being trashed by the public.....

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http://www.justjared.com/2020/11/26/amycovidbarrett-is-trending-on-twitter-find-out-why/

Amy Coney Barrett is trending on Twitter.

The 48-year-old newly appointed Supreme Court Justice made headlines after making the decisive vote in a decision that greatly affects New York amid the pandemic.

The court voted 5-4 to restrict New York state from reimposing limits on religious gatherings on Wednesday (November 25) in an emergency ruling, with the decisive vote cast by Justice Barrett.

Stemming the spread of COVID19 is unquestionably a compelling interest, but it is hard to see how the challenged regulations can be regarded as narrowly tailored. They are far more restrictive than any COVIDrelated regulations that have previously come before the Court, much tighter than those adopted by many other jurisdictions hard-hit by the pandemic, and far more severe than has been shown to be required to prevent the spread of the virus at the applicants services, the court ultimately decided.

She did not write a separate opinion in the two New York cases, but backed the majority vote for the opinion.

The four remaining Democratic appointees dissented, stressing that the emergency relief wasnt necessary because Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently reclassified the areas in question in a color-coded system from orange to yellow, lifting the most onerous restrictions, according to Politico.

Following the news, #AmyCovidBarrett began to trend on Twitter and has continued to all day, with many users weighing in with their dismay at the decision.

So essentially SCOTUS ruled against whats happening in the best interest of the state, and by extension, the public interest. Sure, let the religious zealots dictate whats best. Nice work, #AmyCovidBarrett. Lets hope Biden expands the Court. It is time, wrote one user.

Every health care worker in the United States should threaten to strike if their state government doesnt mandate the most basic Covid protections like masks and crowd control. For the love of God, they arent United States Marines. This is ******** insane. #AmyCovidBarrett, wrote another.

And people wonder why religion is being kicked to the curb in America......

https://www.christianpost.com/voices/americas-mayhem-and-massive-decline-in-christianity.html

Only a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic, a groundbreaking poll by Pew Research was published highlighting the shocking pace of decline of Christianity in America.

https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/

The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip.

The data shows a wide gap between older Americans (Baby Boomers and members of the Silent Generation) and Millennials in their levels of religious affiliation and attendance. More than eight-in-ten members of the Silent Generation (those born between 1928 and 1945) describe themselves as Christians (84%), as do three-quarters of Baby Boomers (76%). In stark contrast, only half of Millennials (49%) describe themselves as Christians; four-in-ten are religious nones, and one-in-ten Millennials identify with non-Christian faiths.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thefreethinker/2020/09/good-news-religion-is-fast-going-down-the-tubes-in-america/

One of the worlds leading social scientists Ronald Inglehart, above, of the University of Michigan claims in a book soon to be published that the United States is experiencing a more dramatic shift away from religion than any other nation.

Religions Sudden Decline: Whats Causing It and What Comes Next is to be released in January by Oxford University Press. Writing in Foreign Affairs magazine in an advance summary titled Giving Up on God: The Global Decline of Religion Dr Inglehart said:

Growing numbers of people no longer find religion a necessary source of support and meaning in their lives. Even the United States long cited as proof that an economically advanced society can be strongly religious has now joined other wealthy countries in moving away from religion

Several forces are driving this trend, but the most powerful one is the waning hold of a set of beliefs closely linked to the imperative of maintaining high birthrates. Modern societies have become less religious in part because they no longer need to uphold the kinds of gender and sexual norms that the major world religions have instilled for centuries.

Although some religious conservatives warn that the retreat from faith will lead to a collapse of social cohesion and public morality, the evidence doesnt support this claim. As unexpected as it may seem, countries that are less religious actually tend to be less corrupt and have lower murder rates than more religious ones.

Needless to say, religion itself doesnt encourage corruption and crime. This phenomenon reflects the fact that as societies develop, survival becomes more secure: starvation, once pervasive, becomes uncommon; life expectancy increases; murder and other forms of violence diminish. And as this level of security rises, people tend to become less religious.

The most dramatic shift away from religion has taken place among the American public. From 1981 to 2007, the United States ranked as one of the worlds more religious countries, with religiosity levels changing very little. Since then, the United States has shown the largest move away from religion of any country for which we have data.

Inglehart says that other factors beyond rising levels of economic and technological development help explain the waning of religion.

In the United States, politics accounts for some of the decline. Since the 1990s, the Republican Party has sought to win support by adopting conservative Christian positions on same-sex marriage, abortion, and other cultural issues. But this political appeal to religious voters has had the corollary effect of pushing other voters, especially those who are young and culturally liberal, away from religion.

It doesnt help that psychos like Amy give religion a bad name

She deserves every bit of it.

She shouldn't even be on SCOTUS to begin with.

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What a MILF

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Solar_Crimson posted...

She deserves every bit of it.

She shouldn't even be on SCOTUS to begin with.

This.

Shes too far gone.

fuck her. she doesn't deserve her job

Zikten posted...

fuck her. she doesn't deserve her job

she wasn't qualified for her old job. getting promoted all the way to the top only a couple years later? fuck. that.

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Medussa posted...

she wasn't qualified for her old job. getting promoted all the way to the top only a couple years later? fuck. that.

Yup

Psycho religious bitch. And now she's going to be a powerful voice on all law for the rest of her life. The moral decline of America is upon us.

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I'd have sex with her

Welp, that's life

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21WIVES_CHILL posted...

I'd have sex with her

I don't think her husband would give her permission

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21WIVES_CHILL posted...

I'd have sex with her

Friendly reminder CE. Dont stick your dick into crazy

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I truly have no idea what to think of the woman. I dont really see the "religious zealot" thing.

What gets me is this point I keep hearing people bring up about her in a case where she shot down a ruling that would supposedly be allowing older people to sue because they were denied a job that they would be physically be unable to perform. Its always phrased in such a way that it appears to be supporting discrimination against the elderly, as opposed to simply not allowing my hreat grandma to sue because she didnt get a job lifting 150lb crates in a shipping warehouse.

Stuff like that has just muddied things for me.

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Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

I truly have no idea what to think of the woman. I dont really see the "religious zealot" thing.

What gets me is this point I keep hearing people bring up about her in a case where she shot down a ruling that would supposedly be allowing older people to sue because they were denied a job that they would be physically be unable to perform. Its always phrased in such a way that it appears to be supporting discrimination against the elderly, as opposed to simply not allowing my hreat grandma to sue because she didnt get a job lifting 150lb crates in a shipping warehouse.

Stuff like that has just muddied things for me.

She's a corporate sellout. She's not religious.

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hockeybub89 posted...

I don't think her husband would give her permission

He certainly had no problem when he found out two of his children were black

I thought you people wanted religion to die

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New York should ignore the ruling since this court is illegitimate

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Wait...so we're cool not infringing the right to protest guaranteed by the first amendment, but in that same amendment that also protects religious freedom...we're cool trampling that? Sounds wrong.

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hockeybub89 posted...

Psycho religious bitch.

Wrong.

And now she's going to be a powerful voice on all law for the rest of her life.

God, I hope so.

The moral decline of America is upon us.

Given what's now considered "acceptable" in our society, I'm inclined to agree with this farfetched notion. ('-' )


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she ruled how she should have ruled. both sides are guilty of it, but the SC is not your moral plaything. they are there to interpret the law which doesnt go away in a pandemic.

I'm glad religion is declining, but this was the right decision. You can't argue that thousands of people get to group together and exercise their 1st Amendment right to protest, with encouragement by government officials, but then claim a few hundred people gathering together to exercise their 1st Amendment right to worship is somehow super dangerous and needs to be stopped. Either allow them both or don't allow them both. You don't get to pick and choose constitutional rights to allow, especially when its the same one.

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Vicious_Dios posted...

Given what's now considered "acceptable" in our society, I'm inclined to agree with this farfetched notion. ('-' )

Thats what all the psychos spout.

They think everything is immoral and is a sign of the end times. Enjoy losing the culture war.

Vicious_Dios posted...

Given what's now considered "acceptable" in our society, I'm inclined to agree with this farfetched notion.

Like what?

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The Bible does not ever describe the Church as a building. The Church is Christ and his followers, and their willingness to do good and help others. So following public safety guidelines during a pandemic to protect your fellow man is far, far more true to the meaning of Christs Church than gathering en masse in a building on Sundays and spreading the virus.

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Shablagoo posted...

The Bible does not ever describe the Church as a building. The Church is Christ and his followers, and their willingness to do good and help others. So following public safety guidelines during a pandemic to protect your fellow man is far, far more true to the meaning of Christs Church than gathering en masse in a building on Sundays and spreading the virus.

Different religions, different practices. We're not just talking about Christianity here. If we start infringing their first amendment rights, you will soon be trampling all over every other religion. Even the peaceful ones that would otherwise support your cause.

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Gamerguymass posted...

I'm glad religion is declining, but this was the right decision. You can't argue that thousands of people get to group together and exercise their 1st Amendment right to protest, with encouragement by government officials, but then claim a few hundred people gathering together to exercise their 1st Amendment right to worship is somehow super dangerous and needs to be stopped. Either allow them both or don't allow them both. You don't get to pick and choose constitutional rights to allow, especially when its the same one.

I don't agree with this sentiment, but on the principle backing it alone, I agree. If religion is to die, it should die naturally. If you murder it, you start a damn holy war.

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TheLiarParadox posted...

Like what?

Like gay people having equal rights and trans people not being treated like crazy freaks, I imagine. He really hates the LGBT community.

I thought we were moving past people like him, but now they've seized the Supreme Court and made gains across the country. They aim to push their immorality upon us. They only want freedom for those as rotten and twisted as them.

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Lunar_Savage posted...

Different religions, different practices. We're not just talking about Christianity here. If we start infringing their first amendment rights, you will soon be trampling all over every other religion. Even the peaceful ones that would otherwise support your cause.

Oh well. Not all freedoms can be equally exercised at all times. I don't know when everyone turned into a sovereign citizen and thinks they can do whatever they want at any time without consequences. Everyone else has freedom too. My life is not worth someone else's mythological beliefs.

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i don't blame a religious nut for being a religious nut.

i blame a religious nut being able to claw their way to the top and actually have influence.

so yeah, thanks trump.

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hockeybub89 posted...

Oh well. Not all freedoms can be equally exercised at all times. I don't know when everyone turned into a sovereign citizen and thinks they can do whatever they want at any time without consequences. Everyone else has freedom too. My life is not worth someone else's mythological beliefs.

Just like my life isn't worth looting and vandalism. But if you are going to allow one you have to allow the other.

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Lunar_Savage posted...

Different religions, different practices. We're not just talking about Christianity here. If we start infringing their first amendment rights, you will soon be trampling all over every other religion. Even the peaceful ones that would otherwise support your cause.

Regardless, even if only Christian theists in the U.S. follow the message of Christ that I laid out, itll make the country much, much safer than if they didnt because the vast majority of theists in America are Christians.

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Gamerguymass posted...

Just like my life isn't worth looting and vandalism. But if you are going to allow one you have to allow the other.

I'm pretty sure looting and vandalism are explicitly not allowed by the law.

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hockeybub89 posted...

He really hates

I don't hate anybody! What the fuck? Jesus, way to put your words in my mouth, guy.

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hockeybub89 posted...

Oh well. Not all freedoms can be equally exercised at all times. I don't know when everyone turned into a sovereign citizen and thinks they can do whatever they want at any time without consequences. Everyone else has freedom too. My life is not worth someone else's mythological beliefs.

You do realize that between the two groups in question, you have firmly planted yourself in a position of fear with the desire to start stripping people of their rights, correct? We have words that describe people exactly like that. We even fought wars over it.

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Lunar_Savage posted...

you have firmly planted yourself in a position of fear with the desire to start stripping people of their rights, correct?

*yawn*

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hockeybub89 posted...

I'm pretty sure looting and vandalism are explicitly not allowed by the law.

And yet was encouraged by most people on CE and sanctioned by most mayors of cities it happened in.

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Vicious_Dios posted...

I don't hate anybody! What the fuck? Jesus, way to put your words in my mouth, guy.

What kind of things were you talking about earlier?

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Shablagoo posted...

Regardless, even if only Christian theists in the U.S. follow the message of Christ that I laid out, itll make the country much, much safer than if they didnt because the vast majority of theists in America are Christians.

Well, I could go on for days about Christian policy and communities (believe me, I have issues with them and I'm a damn believer too) and their failures of following actual religious law is not what is up for debate here.

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Lunar_Savage posted...

You do realize that between the two groups in question, you have firmly planted yourself in a position of fear with the desire to start stripping people of their rights, correct? We have words that describe people exactly like that. We even fought wars over it.

Freedom is not absolute. Every day, everyone has to make sacrifices for society to be able to function. It's delicate dance. We don't just yell "NO RULES" and hope everyone doesn't kill each other.

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She's on the Supreme Court because she helped Bush steal the election from Gore.

Gee, I wonder why Trump would pick someone with experience in undermining democracy.
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Gamerguymass posted...

And yet was encouraged by most people on CE and sanctioned by most mayors of cities it happened in.

No it wasn't

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hockeybub89 posted...

Freedom is not absolute. Every day, everyone has to make sacrifices for society to be able to function. It's delicate dance. We don't just yell "NO RULES" and hope everyone doesn't kill each other.

On this point, we agree. Which is why they're fighting to keep it. They have such a right. And as the past has proven, people will kill over it...or be killed for it.

You can bitch all you want, but anyone standing up saying "strip them of their rights" is definitely on the wrong side of history.

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Medussa posted...

she wasn't qualified for her old job. getting promoted all the way to the top only a couple years later? fuck. that.

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Gamerguymass posted...

And yet was encouraged by most people on CE and sanctioned by most mayors of cities it happened in.

Yes, most mayors sanctioned looting and rioting.

Shut the fuck up with your shit trolling.
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Lunar_Savage posted...

On this point, we agree. Which is why they're fighting to keep it. They have such a right. And as the past has proven, people will kill over it...or be killed for it.

You can bitch all you want, but anyone standing up saying "strip them of their rights" is definitely on the wrong side of history.

So you can't be religous outside of specific buildings, on weekends, within 6 feet of other people? If I can sacrifice, then so can religious people

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