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   XPost: alt.america, alt.politics.religion, alt.politics.usa.constitution   
   XPost: misc.education   
   From: none@none.com   
      
   On 10/24/2010 12:42 PM, cpt banjo wrote:   
   > On Oct 24, 10:11 am, Beam Me Up Scotty Everyth...@Blackhole.NebulaX.com>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> The States are free to create religious laws.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Even if the First Amendment weren't incorporated in the 14th   
      
   It wasn't.   
      
   Incorporation is a fiction.   
      
   >, the   
   > Equal Protection Clause would likely ban any attempt by a State to   
   > establish an official religion or to give preference to one belief   
   > over another.   
      
   "equal protection of the laws."   
      
   Provided all individuals were equally protected, a state could   
   theoretically establish an official religion.   
      
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