Will the Roberts Court Uphold the Reign of Mythology in Kentucky State Government?

Nobody's more pissed about Kentucky state government abdicating its security responsibilities to an invisible sky wizard than I am, but the timing couldn't be worse.

This court? You have to petition this court?  You couldn't wait until Opus Dei member Antonin Scalia has to step down from terminal dispepsia?

Peter Smith at the Courier:

Citizens represented by the group American Atheists are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their appeal of a lawsuit challenging a Kentucky law that credits Almighty God with homeland security.

The Kentucky Supreme Court refused to review the law earlier this year.


In a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, attorney Edwin Kagin argues that the state General Assembly has been flouting a constitutional prohibition against the public sponsorship of religion. He cited decisions in 1980 and 2005 that curbed public displays of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky.



At issue is legislation passed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. A 2002 “legislative finding” said the “safety and security of the commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God.”