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Free Exercise Clause
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free-exercise clause
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Alternative forms
en free-exercise clause
en free exercise clause
Proper noun
Free Exercise Clause
en US law A clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
en 2011-10-17 Is Religion Above the Law? w:Stanley Fish w:The New York Times The free-exercise clause tells us that that religion is especially favored and the establishment clause tells us that it is especially feared (the state should avoid entanglement with that stuff).
Holonyms
en First Amendment
Coordinate terms
en Establishment Clause
Further reading
en Law