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The Free Exercise Clause is usually referred to as the Establishment Clause of the First Amendement to the United States Constitution. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment reads: " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. "
The first clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution states:(Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;)Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
The establishment clause and the free exercise clause
Pretend a law said, "All people in America of the Jewish faith may only attend church services on Tuesdays." Subsequently, that law would be preventing Jews from going to the synagogue on any day but Tuesday.The law would contradict with the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances (the United States Constitution)."The law I made up above would counter the First Amendment because it in itself would be a law affecting their establishment, and it would prevent their freedom to chose when they want to "exercise", or practice their faith.
The two religious provisions of the First Amendment are that Congress shall pass no law respecting the establishment of a religion and no law prohibiting the free exercise of any religion by any individual. These two provisions are commonly referred to as the "Establishment Clause" and the "Free Exercise Clause."
The establishment clause and the free exercise clause
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The first clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution states:(Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;)Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
The first clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution states:(Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;)Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
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The free exercise clause and the establishment clause