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Originally Posted by zimmy
You are ignoring the 225 plus years of legal proceedings and the way the supreme court has dealt with the first amendment. Are you aware that when the first amendment was drafted, states and local governments could abridge the free exercise clause? It is not as simple in practice or law as it is in your mind.
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At the time the First Amendment was drafted, it applied to the federal government. It now still applies to the federal government but also to the states.