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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.[/quote]
People believe the First Amendment prohibits all government interference with religion.  It doesn't.  It prohibits laws respecting the establishment of religion (this doesn't), and laws prohibiting (not affecting, prohibiting) the free exercise of religion (this doesn't).

And before anyone comments, I'm well aware that there is an extensive body of caselaw that interprets that language more broadly than the text appears to indicate is appropriate.  But a great many of the people who will complain about this horrible infringement on their religious freedom take a textual, strict constructionist view of OTHER freedoms - say, for example, the right to privacy re abortion and sexual behavior.  So let's level the playing field, shall we?  Either the constitution is a living, breathing document, or it isn't - but if it isn't, pipe down about this horrible affront to constitutional rights.  Because it simply doesn't exist.  [/quote]

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