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LanternWaste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-17-08 09:14 AM
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295. To me, the relevant passage is
To me, the relevant passage is, "to make an individual�s obligation to obey such a law contingent upon the law's coincidence with his religious beliefs, except where the State's interest is compelling-permitting him, by virtue of his beliefs, to become a law unto himself, contradicts both constitutional tradition and common sense. To adopt a true compelling interest requirement for laws that affect religious practice would lead towards anarchy.

But there are many, many court cases that may be read at one's pleasure that does indeed, spell out specifically the legal obligations, limits of those obligations and secular parameters placed on the practitioners of any religion in the U.S.
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