Opinion | Public opinion is no excuse to ignore the First Amendment WashTimesOpEd
is simply following the highest positive law in our land: the U.S. Constitution, which protects against restrictive government action even in times of crisis like a pandemic or war — including when that action enjoys popular support.
Indeed, the Smith decision was so hotly debated that a bipartisan majority in Congress passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which President Bill Clinton signed into law, to protect religious freedom RFRA reflected what the First Amendment said all along: The government can’t just trample on religious freedom under the fig leaf of neutrally enforcing a generally applicable law.
That’s good news for everyone, especially religious minorities. The vast majority of human history has featured persecution of religious groups who, because of their faith, lived differently from most of the society around them. America has been a refuge for those who endured religious persecution precisely because the law does not condition religious freedom on a ruling party’s will or the whims of popular opinion. The’s recent decisions rightly recognize that religious freedom is not a second-class right and are returning religious liberty to its proper, preferential place.
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