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Religious Liberty at the Founding

We the People

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The Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause

The founders did not think that compulsory church attendance necessarily violated the free exercise clause. That's because a lot of people are simply indifferent to religious services. Michael, do you think that interpretation of these establishment clauses right or not? The idea of an inalienable natural right is a jurisdictional concept. Government does have jurisdiction over raising troops.

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