The precepts of any one religion – any belief system – cannot, by force of their religious origins, sound any louder in the general law than the precepts of any other.
If they did, those out in the cold would be less than citizens, and our constitution would be on the way to a theocracy, which is of necessity autocratic.
The law of a theocracy is dictated without option to the people, not made by their judges and governments.
Beautiful. Compare the ruling in FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION v OBAMA:
… Read the restHowever, religious expression by the government that is inspirational and comforting to a believer may seem exclusionary or even threatening to someone who does not