Did A Supreme Court Justice Just Admit To Being An Atheist?
The Huffington Post | By Nick Wing
Posted: 11/08/2013 3:31 pm EST | Updated: 11/08/2013 5:11 pm EST
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this week in a case about the constitutionality of a New York town's practice of beginning local legislative meetings with mostly Christian prayers.
During one exchange, Justice Antonin Scalia pressed a lawyer for the town of Greece -- which is arguing that a court of appeals erred in ruling that the prayers violated the establishment clause of the Constitution -- on the equivalent of prayer for nonbelievers.
"What is the equivalent of prayer for somebody who is not religious?" asked Scalia, a devout Catholic.
The lawyer, Thomas Hungar, had trouble pinning down an answer, which eventually led Justice Stephen Breyer to interject with a remark that is being seen by atheist and non-theist advocates as a possible admission that he may share their views on religion.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/08/stephen-breyer-atheist_n_4241515.html?ir=Politics
(It's not Alito.)
3:22 video at link.
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