From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" 

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> Gregg,
>
> I would hope that the states wouldn't do this (at least I'd hope that
*all*
g>), but I don't think there's anything in the Bill of
> Rights preventing it.  I think, though, that most state constitutions
mirror
> the Federal constitution with regard to the 1st Amendment.
>
> Do you read the Constitution differently w/ regard to the ability of the
> various states to enact religious laws?

Many states have tried (and continue to try) to ban "pornographic
speech", and the Supreme Court consitently holds that this is
unconstitutional; that the stricter standard of "obscene speech"
is the standard.

Though the law often has little to do with logic, I would see other
provisions of the First Amendment enjoying the same protection at the state
level....

gs


>
>
greggstrom{at}earthlink.net>
wrote in message
> news:3924992f{at}w3.nls.net...
> So this would argue that states could limit the right to assembly and free
> speech?
> gs
>
jcuccia{at}bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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>   Jeff,
>
>   I'm not as sure about the rights (or lack thereof) of a state to muck
> about with religious legislation as I am about the prohibition against the
> Congress doing it.
si{at}wvi.com> wrote in message
> news:392443c3$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>     So have local governments, which is what inspired the Religious
Freedom
> Act...
>
>
>
>

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