Appeals court upholds GA ban on guns in church

[SecularMotion]

ATLANTA -- A federal appeals court has upheld a federal district court decision dismissing a lawsuit that claimed Georgia's law banning guns in churches and other places of worship violates constitutional rights to freedom of religion and bearing arms.

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday published a decision affirming the lower court's dismissal of the suit.

The lawsuit was filed by a gun rights organization - GeorgiaCarry.org - and the Rev. Jonathan Wilkins of the Baptist Tabernacle of Thomaston. It challenged a 2010 change in Georgia law that banned people from carrying weapons into houses of worship.

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/23/4652190/appeals-court-upholds-ga-ban-on.html#storylink=cpy

[gejohnston]

1. so much for

separating church and state. Sort of thing I would expect in the Bible Belt.

[ileus]

2. So will people blame the court or the NRA when a church shooting happens?

[HALO141]

5. Don't know about you,

but I'm going to blame Hon. Joel F. Dubina (Chief Judge).

[TPaine7]

3. This sounds like a clear First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment case.

By singling out churches--even over the wishes of the pastor!--the Georgia legislature has made a law respecting an establishment of religion, and per the Fourteenth Amendment, they have no legitimate power to do so.

This should be overturned ASAP.

[4th law of robotics]

4. The law seems unconstitutional

if an individual church doesn't wish to have guns inside, fine. Simply post it and be done with it.

But a statewide ban must be some sort of violation of the first amendment.