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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.

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[-] squiblet@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

However, she is/was. From her awful website

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is Director of the Conscience Project. A Stanford-educated lawyer, she has dedicated her legal career to civil rights and appellate advocacy.

Andrea got her start as a trial and appellate attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to leading the Conscience Project, she served as the legal advisor for the Catholic Association, filing amicus briefs with federal courts of appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court in key religious freedom and free speech cases.

She has also joined Fox News, Newsmax and a variety of other shows to share expert commentary.

Right. By 'civil rights' and 'religious freedom', she means things like the rights of Christians to oppress other people, like the article here.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

yeah my comment was mostly just around how articles will call anyone things that sound official or significant when it means nothing. someone once went to a wedding for someone famous and is now a media insider or some crap. Sad she is an attorney but this type of thing seems common with religous "professional"

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

How the fuck did she graduate from Stanford without a basic understanding of the First Amendment?

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