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To: LibLieSlayer; All
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF;

Noting that our Bill of Rights protections originally did not apply to the states, Congress has NOT made a law prohibiting the free exercise of religion. So Congress has NOT violated the 1st Amendment with this issue.

On the other hand, the 14th Amendment was made in part to apply Bill of Rights protections to the states, the states now obligated to respect enumerated constitutional rights. And based on the clear languange of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, the state of Hawaii has gone too far, imo, with respect to making a gay tolerance law which reasonably abridges the Constituton's 1st Amendment protection of religious expression.

24 posted on 01/19/2014 11:29:48 AM PST by Amendment10
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To: Amendment10

Some American states will not comply.


25 posted on 01/19/2014 12:15:47 PM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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