# Separation of church and state: the Mormon Supreme Court?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-of-church-and-state-the-mormon-supreme-court/20399>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 24, 2000, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-of-church-and-state-the-mormon-supreme-court/20399 "2000-05-24T14:12:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-of-church-and-state-the-mormon-supreme-court/20399/61 "2000-05-28T16:33:07Z")

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Okay, now tell me please exactly why the whole state of Utah shouldn’t be up in arms about the Federal court?

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2000, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separation-of-church-and-state-the-mormon-supreme-court/20399/62 "2000-05-29T09:14:40Z")

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[sarcasm]

Because the Federal Court isn’t composed of Mormons, and we all know that Mormons are bad. _The Simpsons_ made fun of them a couple times, so that’s how I know.

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