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    Default Fascist Louisiana tries to ban casket competition

    This is really no different than Texas' attempts to regulate abortions and gives a good indication why a REAL libertarian should oppose such laws. The laws are not designed to serve a rational state interest or to further individual rights and liberty.

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    Major Economic Liberty Case Lands at Supreme Court
    Damon W. Root|Jul. 19, 2013 1:05 pm


    A major case testing the reach of state regulatory power has just moved one step closer to review by the U.S. Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its requirement that only licensed funeral directors be permitted to sell coffins within the state, thereby preventing the monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey from engaging in the unlicensed sale of hand-made wooden caskets.


    In March, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit invalidated that licensing requirement, holding that the state lacked any rational basis for its law and had offered only “nonsensical explanations” in the law’s defense. “That Louisiana does not even require a casket for burial, does not impose requirements for their construction or design, does not require a casket to be sealed before burial, and does not require funeral directors to have any special expertise in caskets,” the 5th Circuit declared, “leads us to conclude that no rational relationship exists between public health and safety and limiting intrastate sales of caskets to funeral establishments.” Indeed, the state has admitted that the licensing requirement served as a form of economic protectionism for its funeral industry.


    In its appeal to the Supreme Court this week, the State Board basically argues that none of these facts matter, because the federal judiciary has no choice but to defer to state officials and uphold the contested regulation. “The purpose of rational-basis review is to insulate State legislation on economic and social issues from judicial review,” the State Board declares.


    The Institute for Justice, the public interest law firm representing the monks of St. Joseph's Abbey in their challenge to the licensing requirement, is due to file a response to the Louisiana State Board next month. In a statement issued this week, the firm left little doubt that both the monks and their lawyers are ready to continue the fight. “Americans didn’t create a nation of free people so that state governments can use their power to make private financial interests rich at the expense of liberty and the public,” declared Institute for Justice attorney Jeff Rowes. “If the Supreme Court takes this case, we will win.”
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    hmmm....I'm surprised that liberals don't consider this an establishment of religion......monks can sell caskets without a license?......

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    Funerals are way too expensive ... I do know that much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    Funerals are way too expensive ... I do know that much.
    It is outrageous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    Funerals are way too expensive ... I do know that much.
    I can't afford to die.

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    one of the things my wife has to do at church is organize things for funerals.......there's a new funeral home in town that offers very inexpensive funerals......however, she's discovered that it makes her work much more difficult.....she needs to do many of the things that other funeral homes include in their services.....like arranging for volunteers to act as ushers, and people to set up tables and chairs, even carry the flowers into and out of the church......

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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    Funerals are way too expensive ... I do know that much.
    I paid for my brothers funeral. It cost a lot. Pretty much wiped out my discretionary savings but I don't count the cost.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    I paid for my brothrs funeral. It cost a lot. Pretty much wiped out my discretionary savings but I don't count the cost.
    My dad had to pay for my grandmother's funeral when she passed away. My mom's funeral was paid for because she and dad had the foresight to buy one of those packages beforehand, but looking over the paperwork, the cost was terrible. I am around death often. As a preacher I have officiated several funerals over the years. Invariably I get asked, "What do I owe you." I always tell them they owe me nothing because they have enough to deal with at that time. I have had some wealthier families pay me at times but most of the time people are very appreciative. I mean, to have to pay a preacher on top of everything else...c'mon.

    I told my wife to have me cremated and scatter my ashes on the mountain near my house. It's cheaper by quite a bit and won't take up precious space in the cemetery.

    Our cemetery plots are free by the way. It is maintained by our community via donations and fund raisers. I am on the committee.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    My dad had to pay for my grandmother's funeral when she passed away. My mom's funeral was paid for because she and dad had the foresight to buy one of those packages beforehand, but looking over the paperwork, the cost was terrible. I am around death often. As a preacher I have officiated several funerals over the years. Invariably I get asked, "What do I owe you." I always tell them they owe me nothing because they have enough to deal with at that time. I have had some wealthier families pay me at times but most of the time people are very appreciative. I mean, to have to pay a preacher on top of everything else...c'mon.

    I told my wife to have me cremated and scatter my ashes on the mountain near my house. It's cheaper by quite a bit and won't take up precious space in the cemetery.

    Our cemetery plots are free by the way. It is maintained by our community via donations and fund raisers. I am on the committee.
    That's what we did with my brother. He wanted to be cremated and have his ashes scattered in the bay behind his home in Florida. I'm glad you feel like I do about being civic minded. I have a leadership role in a local civic group that advocates outdoor activities like fishing, hunting, hiking, cycling, canoeing, etc. I enjoy being able to give back.
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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    I told my wife to have me cremated and scatter my ashes on the mountain near my house.
    I told my wife I was okay with slow roasting....

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    hmmm....I'm surprised that liberals don't consider this an establishment of religion......monks can sell caskets without a license?......
    What is this idiocy supposed to mean?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    What is this idiocy supposed to mean?
    Well I took it to be a wry comment.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    I told my wife I was okay with slow roasting....
    We're ok with that too PiMP.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aoxomoxoa View Post
    Well I took it to be a wry comment.
    It is good that you have new friends, Tom, having betrayed all your old ones.
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