what are the religious convictions of the current supreme court?
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The vast majority if the answers above make the same mistake that the question implies.\n\nIt's not the free exercise clause that deals with discrimination against gays. So, the "freedom of religion" right is not the issue.\n\nThe issue is the Establishment Clause: "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion..." As interpreted, that basically means that religious reaons cannot be used to justify secular laws. \n\nThose who try to use the Bible (or any other moral justifications) to discriminate against gays seem to think that they can use their religion to make laws, because they are in the majority. Just as long as nobody else bases any legal actions on a different religion.\n\nIt's pure hypocrisy and pure religious-based discrimination. And while people are certainly entitled to either on a personal level, they cannot do so as a matter of law.
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Pick any case that the Supremes have accepted for argument but not yet heard.  Do a complete review of the history of whatever the point of law is.  Talk about the oposing views.  Resolve the question however the hell you want.  Predict that the Supremes will come to the same conclusion.  Give it to the editors.  Go get drunk.
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1.  I believe the churches actually provide the chaplains, and the army just provides living expenses and transportation, etc.  I don't see how that violates the Establishment clause.\n\n2.  I would not have a problem with non-denominational or rotating denominational prayers and holiday displays.  I think religious diversity and "comparative religion" as a study would be preferable to trying to eliminate all things religious and spiritual.  This is a country with a great many religious people in it, and making secularism or materialism the only "religion" taught in public schools is a big mistake.
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The establishment clause of the first amendment means that there shall be no 'official' religion in the United States.  It does not mean each and every politician must be an atheist.  For one to expect that a politician will totally ignore his or her religious convictions when making law is ridiculous.
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Determined by supreme court case.
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Catholicism has been here a long time.  Since before the United States existed as a country.
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http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
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You will have to look it up. http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/obtainopinions.pdf
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Results: http://www.selectsmart.com/PRO/beliefnet/index1.html\nThe top score on the list below represents the faith that Belief-O-Matic, in its less than infinite wisdom, thinks most closely matches your beliefs. However, even a score of 100% does not mean that your views are all shared by this faith, or vice versa.\nBelief-O-Matic then lists another 26 faiths in order of how much they have in common with your professed beliefs. The higher a faith appears on this list, the more closely it aligns with your thinking.\n\n1.  Unitarian Universalism (100%)  \n2.  Theravada Buddhism (99%)  \n3.  Mahayana Buddhism (92%)  \n4.  Neo-Pagan (88%)  \n5.  Liberal Quakers (87%)  \n6.  Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)  \n7.  New Age (80%)  \n8.  Taoism (75%)  \n9.  Hinduism (73%)  \n10.  Jainism (69%)  \n11.  Sikhism (68%)  \n12.  New Thought (66%)  \n13.  Secular Humanism (64%)  \n14.  Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (63%)  \n15.  Bahá'í Faith (61%)  \n16.  Scientology (55%)  \n17.  Reform Judaism (55%)  \n18.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (45%)  \n19.  Orthodox Quaker (44%)  \n20.  Nontheist (35%)  \n21.  Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (32%)  \n22.  Jehovah's Witness (27%)  \n23.  Orthodox Judaism (26%)  \n24.  Seventh Day Adventist (22%)  \n25.  Eastern Orthodox (15%)  \n26.  Islam (15%)  \n27.  Roman Catholic (15%)  \n\nLOL, well, you asked !   :)
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Roman Catholicism\n\nReynolds Jones\nhttp://www.rebuff.org
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That is a quote from Mark Twain. The full text of that quote is as follows:\n\n"In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing."\n\nI think it holds true it most cases.
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Let's clarify. Religious faith is itself not a problem. Spiritual belief is not a problem. Personal adherence to religious practice is not a problem.\n\nA problem DOES arise, however, when one set of beliefs is forced upon others. An earlier poster mentioned the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Ignoring for the moment that this is a US idea, and not generally acknowledged by much of the rest of the world, there are several provisions in that amendment.\n\nTwo of them are that the government will not establish or endorse any religion [Establishment Clause], nor will the government stop individuals from having/sharing/expressing their own beliefs [Free Exercise Clause].\n\nThe major problems in the world that I see (relative to this topic) are that localized majorities have gotten together and enacted laws that enforce a particular set of religious and moral beliefs. This forces everyone to follow those beliefs (or else break the law). This is true whether you're talking about Judeo-Christian morals being imposed in the US, or political ideals counter to those morals being imposed in China, or state establishment of religion as in much of the middle east, etc. \n\nFor any sort of unified government, there would need to be an explicit and deliberate attempt to REMOVE all religious influences from any adopted legal codes. Otherwise, you'll always be stuck with the majority imposing their beliefs on  the minority. And that's just might-makes-right bullying, whether performed legislatively or otherwise.
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Theocratic Conservative.  Otherwise known as the religious right.
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Seems that it is an Islamic religious Court.
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none.... religious movements are all politically motivated