By Peter Pinedo
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 14, 2023 / 18:15 pm
The Satanic Temple display in the Iowa state capitol building is not protected by the First Amendment, a Catholic legal expert told CNA.
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, a legal analyst for EWTN, told CNA that the display installed at the request of a prominent atheist group is not religious expression but rather about making a mockery of religion.
not religious expression but rather about making a mockery of religion
Mockery of religion is religious expression.
I’m glad to know they have such a reasoned response to this. Because surely the Catholic church is to decide what counts as religious expression and what’s not. Not like they have a history of you know murdering people whose religious expression disagreed with theirs.
Crusade? Never heard of her.
notice they did not say attorney.
However, she is/was. From her awful website
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is Director of the Conscience Project. A Stanford-educated lawyer, she has dedicated her legal career to civil rights and appellate advocacy.
Andrea got her start as a trial and appellate attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to leading the Conscience Project, she served as the legal advisor for the Catholic Association, filing amicus briefs with federal courts of appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court in key religious freedom and free speech cases.
She has also joined Fox News, Newsmax and a variety of other shows to share expert commentary.
Right. By ‘civil rights’ and ‘religious freedom’, she means things like the rights of Christians to oppress other people, like the article here.
yeah my comment was mostly just around how articles will call anyone things that sound official or significant when it means nothing. someone once went to a wedding for someone famous and is now a media insider or some crap. Sad she is an attorney but this type of thing seems common with religous “professional”
How the fuck did she graduate from Stanford without a basic understanding of the First Amendment?
A Catholic legal expert for the Eternal Word Television Network told the Catholic News Agency
exactly what they wanted to hear.
Eternal Word Television Network told the Catholic News Agency
This sounds like the opening to an SNL sketch
Well duh, she’d be an idiot not to say what they pay her to say.
I like that you don’t even have to specify in which country those ridiculous events take place. Readers will have automatically filled in the blanks with those two lines.
Convenient. First Christians argue atheists make a religion of atheism, then say it’s not.
Catholic legal experts, please stick to Catholic law. Your mental handicaps have no space in any justice system.
They cant. Theyre too busy covering up for pedos.
Yeah, Ms Catholic Lawyer, let’s say you and I go toe to toe on bird law and see who comes out the victor.
I have very small hands, can we pose with your hands over mine like they’re my hands?
Religion makes a mockery of itself, the Satanic Temple shows us this.
So it’s only political speech? Definitely not something protected
It’s why I worship the FSM. My belief in my deity is just as sincere as your belief in yours. I got my HR dept to acknowledge my beliefs are legit. Next time I take my employee ID photo I’m bringing a colander with me.
Let’s go set up free spaghetti lunch day at the courthouse.
Legal Expert
Doubt.
They mean God’s law, not man’s, you silly devil worshipper.
Quick somebody destroy a cross of Jesus christ
If that’s what this “legal expert” says, then they are not much of an expert on anything at all. If religious freedom is a protection under the first amendment, or any other part of the constitution, then this display is absolutely protected by it. I just got my copy of it (heavier than I expected) to display in my own temple on my property. It’s wonderful to see and it makes me feel great about this amazing world to look upon it.
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rather about making a mockery of religion.
That’s Freedom of Religion & Freedom of Speech you stupid #christofascist bag of hair.
