Supreme Court shocks America by crushing religious freedom for prisoners is your faith next

The Supreme Court just told Americans a hard truth: in today’s justice system, religious freedom is under attack—and bureaucrats always get the last word. Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, kept his hair long for 20 years because of a strict religious vow. But when he landed in prison, officers strapped him in a chair and shaved his head bald, ignoring what mattered most to his faith. The country watched as his lawsuit rose to the highest court in the land, expecting at least a nod to the Constitution. Instead, he got the door slammed in his face.

Liberals love to talk about being champions for religious rights, but when it comes to beliefs they don’t understand—or worse, don’t like—suddenly those rights go flying out the window. The same folks rushing to defend every fringe ideology suddenly go silent when it’s time to protect someone’s faith behind bars. It’s not about justice. It’s definitely not about compassion. It’s about picking winners and losers based on a progressive agenda, and ordinary Americans aren’t on that list.

The government has spent years swelling in size and power. Case after case proves it’s never the individuals—never the people—who come out on top. The courts announce that prison officials can steamroll religious convictions, so long as they claim it’s “for security.” But where’s the line? Today it’s a Rastafarian’s hair. Tomorrow, will it be a Christian’s Bible or a Jewish inmate’s kosher meal? Let’s not pretend this is where the assault on faith stops.

Globalist elites and left-wing pundits scream about “tolerance,” but real tolerance means protecting freedom for everybody—even the ones who look or think differently. That’s the American way, or at least, it used to be. But in this upside-down world, only special interest groups get special treatment. The rest of us get a lecture about “equity” as our rights are chipped away decision by decision.

If the highest court in the land can’t stand up for something as basic as a man’s religious vow, do any of us really have freedom left? Or do Americans just have whatever scraps the government decides to toss over the prison wall?

Source: Just The News