So, if a third party does *not* file Amicus Curiae, are you saying they *don't* realize the implications of such suit?
No, but I'm saying that they have no other way of putting their position before the court. The court won't agree to hear them as a separate case, just because they don't want to be joined with 'false religion.'
Let's not forget that this is an organization that will compel its members to shun any relative or friend who swims in a YMCA pool, cuts a church's lawn or buys a cake at a sidewalk church bake sale
I believe that it is a d/fing offense to be hired by the church as a gardener, or to take a church contract if you own your own business. It is not a d/fing offense if you are an employee of someone else's business. The other two items, while discouraged, are not d/fing offenses.
I agree, the above restrictions are all ridiculous. But the key thing is that they all involve some sort of association, some sort of mutual exchange with a religious organization.
An amicus curiae brief does not involve any sort of association, exchange, or affiliation with any of the parties in the case. It is--or at least, can be--simply a petition to the Supreme Court to recognize the arguments and interests of the filer.