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There is a clause in the 1st that prohibits the government from establishing a religion, which any scholar will tell you is freedom from religion.
This is perhaps the most poorly reasoned post I've read on this forum to date.
How can Congress enact a law which provides freedom from religion when the very same Congress is prohibited from making any laws which prohibit the free exercise of religion?
This is perhaps the most poorly reasoned post I've read on this forum to date.
How can Congress enact a law which provides freedom from religion when the very same Congress is prohibited from making any laws which prohibit the free exercise of religion?
It makes sense in the context that the bill of rights applies only to the government. The government is prohibited from limiting our exercise of religion, and it is prohibited from establishing a state religion (freedom from *government* religion).
Freedom from religion is simply a back-handed and sleazy attempt to restrict free exercise.
If someone publicly practicing their religion irritates you, you may take leave of that person, but no other remedy exists under our Constitution.
The bill of rights restricts government - not private actors. Therefore, nothing the constitution says about freedom from religion (specifically, establishing a religion) can apply to a person or private entity - it applies only to the government.
As such, it can't restrict free exercise - indeed, it serves to protect free exercise.
The bill of rights restricts government - not private actors. Therefore, nothing the constitution says about freedom from religion (specifically, establishing a religion) can apply to a person or private entity - it applies only to the government.
As such, it can't restrict free exercise - indeed, it serves to protect free exercise.
I've never read anything in the Constitution about "freedom from religion".
It makes sense in the context that the bill of rights applies only to the government. The government is prohibited from limiting our exercise of religion, and it is prohibited from establishing a state religion (freedom from *government* religion).
So Congress needs to enact a law which prevents them from enacting a law?
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