From: Bill Lucy 

In article , jcuccia{at}bigfoot.com says...
> Do you think those states acting within their "rights"?  The
1st Amendment
> prohibits Congress from meddling in religious matters, but doesn't say
> anything about the states.

As originally written, the Bill of Rights only prevented *Congress* from
interferring in the free exercise of religion. The changes that have
occurred have been brought about because of Supreme Court rulings beginning
in 1948.

> I didn't mean to imply in my earlier message the Oregon's constitution was
> either ill-intentioned or unconstitutional, only that it doesn't necessarily
> ensure real religious freedom

When I posted the OR Constitution, I didn't read it that closely. I only
did it because of Jeff's message (wondering about what it actually said).

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