Supreme Court declines to hear religious separation cases

DallasNews Religion | Sam Hodges:

“One involved whether church affiliated employers can be required to provide birth control as part of medical insurance coverage, and the other dealt with a public library's refusal to host worship services.”

Ed Cognoski responds:

Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. They are instituted to secure the rights all men are endowed with by their Creator. To that end, the US Constitution builds a wall of separation between church and state. The result is neither theocracy nor a state-run church. Thomas Jefferson, himself neither Christian nor atheist, was simply brilliant.

Now, back to the subject at hand. I'm not surprised the Court declined to hear the appeal regarding medical insurance coverage. In this case, New York state law exempts churches but courts ruled that businesses run by churches, even non-profit businesses, that serve the general public, are not entitled to a religious exemption. Fair enough, in my opinion.

In the second case, I am surprised the Court turned down the library church service appeal. I don't see how a library can rent out its community room to some groups but refuse to do so for religious worship services. I don't understand why the Court left that ruling stand.