re: Gorsuch to hear major case on Church and State separation tomorrow

I agree, it wouldn't be difficult to argue this is a statutory exclusion of religion.

One would have to include the lawmakers' intent of proposing such a state constitutional amendment, no? If Missouri meant to choke out Catholicism with this, and expressed this fear as the reasoning however many years ago, wouldn't liberal jurisprudence include this stated intent, even though it wasn't its practice? They did it for Trump.

Well lookie here:

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The U.S. Supreme Court has a chance Wednesday to fix a flaw in Missouri’s constitution — a prohibition borne of anti-Catholic prejudice and unneeded today. If the court passes up its opportunity, Missouri’s voters should fix the mistake on their own. The case involves a so-called Blaine Amendment, which prohibits the use of public money for religious purposes. Missouri’s voters added the language to their state constitution in 1875. “No money shall ever be taken from the public treasury, directly or indirectly,” it says, “in aid of any church, sect or denomination of religion.” Similar amendments and statutes were sweeping the nation at the time. They were seen as a way to stop tax money from funding Catholic schools.

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