Do not the Supreme Courts justices interpret the the law? As an example, polygamy was a belief of the early Mormon Church.
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In 1878, the Supreme Court was first called to interpret the extent of the Free Exercise Clause in Reynolds v. United States, as related to the prosecution of polygamy under federal law. The Supreme Court upheld Mr. Reynolds' conviction for bigamy, deciding that to do otherwise would provide constitutional protection for a gamut of religious beliefs, including those as extreme as human sacrifice.
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This "thin of the wedge" could easy bring the right to life into a conflict with a freedom of religion. Who makes that call? Only a Supreme Court can do so. It therefore, places one right above another.
If freedom of religion cannot be unfettered, what about other rights?
Just asking (the lines are not out). See
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