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To: justshe
You can punish/prosecute the crimes of those who practice this religion, but you cannot prosecute the religion, based on the 1st Amendment.

I think that's probably true of everything ----good or bad. I guess the Davidian religion wasn't one of our government's recognized religions but I'm not sure what they did that was that much of a threat to anyone.

127 posted on 03/27/2003 5:51:33 PM PST by FITZ
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To: FITZ
And that, my friend, is why we have a Constitution. Even if we have seen some attempt the bastardization of that Constitution.
132 posted on 03/27/2003 5:56:57 PM PST by justshe (FREE MIGUEL !)
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To: FITZ
The Davidians became the target of Reno's Department of (in)Justice by "stockpiling" weapons.
148 posted on 03/27/2003 7:24:59 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (The Ever So Humble Banana Republican)
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