Tornado Alley (PROG)

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to be clear re the post to which this is a reply -- I do not agree with or accept the author's frankly preposterous attempt to state the line/relationship between the secular law, i.e. the law, and any 'religious' 'law', under our Constitution

folks are free to believe as they will, and the government can't for example tell any church that it must ordain women or perform a religious marriage ceremony for anyone it doesn't want to -- etc.

but no 'law' derived just from any such beliefs that/to the extent it affirmatively conflicts with the (actual secular) law has or should have, as such, any particular or special standing whatsoever under our Constitution and (actual secular) law -- no matter what rituals it may perform in keeping with its proclaimed 'laws', no church can legally 'marry' an underage child to an adult, or a brother to a sister, or one person to two or more other folks, or a person already married to anyone else -- and believe as they may that their God commands and/or their religion's 'laws' require that they kill others, any and all who so kill are none the less simple murderers fully liable for their murders under the (actual secular) law -- etc.

the general prohibitions of the (actual secular) law do categorically supercede any 'religious' 'law', and the rights of others under our Constitution and (actual secular) law further directly and importantly define the limits of the 'free exercise' of religion -- along that line, in addition to all the other relevant stuff already (linked) in this mega-string, see in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=76158278 and following