Supreme Court halts Texas execution over Buddhist spiritual advisor

[TexasTowelie]

The Supreme Court has taken a new and stronger stand against religious discrimination with liberals and most conservatives agreeing to halt a Texas execution.

By a 7-2 vote, the court granted an emergency stay for Patrick Murphy and ruled prison authorities may not proceed “unless the state permits Murphy’s Buddhist spiritual advisor or another Buddhist reverend of the state’s choosing to accompany Murphy in the execution chamber during the execution.”

In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh noted that Texas would have allowed a Christian or Muslim inmate to have a state-employed Christian or Muslim religious advisor present in the execution room.

“In my view, the Constitution prohibits such denominational discrimination,” Kavanaugh wrote. The state may choose to keep all clerics and religious advisors from entering the execution chamber, he said.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-supreme-court-religion-discrimation-texas-20190329-story.html

[walkingman]

1. Very strange ruling from SCOTUS when they refused to allow a death row inmate the

right to see his Muslim spiritual advisor by a 5-4 vote. Could it be that they heard the backlash of there obviously wrong decision in the Alabama case. The court seems to be listening to public opinion?? These religious freedom hypocrites have some explaining to do.

[efhmc]

2. As I remember, in that decision the court ruled that the inmate hadn't asked in

a timely manner or some such nonsense.

[walkingman]

3. Nonsense is right. The Imam watched the execution from the adjoining witness room.

For me it stinks of religious discrimination. I would bet you that had it been a Christian advisor they would have allowed it.