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美国无神论赞扬最高法院依据美国宪法维护政教分离原则的判决
For Immediate Release: October 1, 2007 Atheists Praise High Court Rulings Protecting State-Church Separation AMERICAN ATHEISTS applauded this morning’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand two lower court rulings upholding the First Amendment’ s establishment clause guaranteeing the separation of government and religion.
In CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ALBANY v. DINALLO, justices supported the decision of the New York State Court of Appeals that faith-based social service organizations which hire non-Catholic staffers must subsidize birth control/family planning devices as part of preion drug coverage. In FAITH CENTER CHURCH v. GLOVER, the high court let standing a 9th U.S. Circuit Court decision that while public libraries must accommodate religious meetings as they do other organizations, public facilities may not be made available for religious worship. Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists said she was pleasantly surprised by today’s rulings. “The high court justices got it right, and drew the legal line when it comes to providing faith-based social programs and other religious groups with special, discriminatory legal protections.” Dave Silverman, Communications Director for American Atheists, said that while today’s Supreme Court decision was encouraging, the effort to protect the First Amendment’s establishment clause must continue. “Religious organizations continue to demand ‘special rights’ above and beyond what are provided to private individuals, business and secular groups, ” said Mr. Silverman. “We say: there must be a level playing field, and that churches or other religious organizations cannot ignore anti-discrimination statutes or other laws by citing the teachings of their particular faith.”
American Atheists is a nationwide movement which defends the civil rights of nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and state, and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.
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