Iowa Satanic Temple display not protected by First Amendment, Catholic legal expert says
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A legal analyst for EWTN said the display installed at the request of a prominent atheist group is not religious expression but rather about making a mockery of religion.

By Peter Pinedo

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 14, 2023 / 18:15 pm

The Satanic Temple display in the Iowa state capitol building is not protected by the First Amendment, a Catholic legal expert told CNA.

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, a legal analyst for EWTN, told CNA that the display installed at the request of a prominent atheist group is not religious expression but rather about making a mockery of religion.

  • athos77
    62•1 year ago

    A Catholic legal expert for the Eternal Word Television Network told the Catholic News Agency

    exactly what they wanted to hear.

    • Tar_AlcaranEnglish
      12•1 year ago

      Well duh, she’d be an idiot not to say what they pay her to say.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•1 year ago

      Eternal Word Television Network told the Catholic News Agency

      This sounds like the opening to an SNL sketch

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 year ago

      I like that you don’t even have to specify in which country those ridiculous events take place. Readers will have automatically filled in the blanks with those two lines.