On: The Supreme Court Made Just About Everyone Happy for Once

[Retric]

Both article 6 and the first amendment make it in very poor taste.

You may personally appreciate it, but suppose he had been quoting different religions texts. Say the need to nourish Mayan gods using sacrificial blood.

[Perceval → Retric]

I worry that people are now so illiterate that they do not recognize that the "render unto Caesar…" quote is a historical basis for the division between church and state in the Christian world. Astonishingly, they view the Government citing the quote – the origin of separation – as a threat to separation!

[dehrmann → Retric]

You should read Kennedy v. Bremerton School District.

[Retric → dehrmann]

Yea, that was a seriously disturbing opinion by the current court.

Compare and contrast it with Lemon v. Kurtzman

[dehrmann → Retric]

I agree, but I think using this saying is within reasonable bounds compared to a coach leading school-affiliated prayer. The decision even left out the religious that followed.

[usefulcat → Retric]

Such a reference might easily have been lost on his audience, in which case he would sound nonsensical at best and foolish at worst?

[Retric → usefulcat]

I suspect most Americans hearing the quote he used didn’t understand it.