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(118,320 posts) Sat Mar 23, 2013, 10:49 PM Mar 2013

Tell us about your sincerely held religious beliefs!

Beshear vetoes Kentucky religious freedom bill
By Beth Musgrave
Published: March 22, 2013
Gov. Steve Beshear vetoed a controversial religious-freedom bill Friday afternoon ... House Bill 279 would allow someone with "sincerely held" religious beliefs to disregard state laws "unless the government proves by clear and convincing evidence that it has a compelling governmental interest in infringing" the person's religious freedom ...

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	My religion demands I drink a daiquiri whenever I'm driving
	0 (0%)
	As the Gospel of Saint Robin Hood the Blessed Martyr says: "What's yours is mine!"
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	I'll go to hell unless I smoke two joints before breakfast every day
	1 (50%)
	The church will expel me if I don't spend at least eight hours a day on the internet
	1 (50%)
	Pinching strangers' asses helps me fulfill my religious duty to cast out demons
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	The gods smile when I terrorize my neighbors with rocket-propelled grenades
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	Our first directive stresses the importance of having sex in public fountains
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	According to my recent revelation, I must not wear clothes within city limits
	0 (0%)
	Speed limits are a tool of Satan
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Tell us about your sincerely held religious beliefs! (Original Post) struggle4progress Mar 2013 OP

Lemon test, here we come. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2013 #1

Pastafarian. talkingmime Mar 2013 #2

Ramen. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #3

That's the end of the FSM prayer. talkingmime Mar 2013 #4

Yes, I know that. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #5

As long as he touches in the right place he's free from the Vatican. talkingmime Mar 2013 #6

Manifestor_of_Light

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1. Lemon test, here we come.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 10:59 PM

Mar 2013

"sincerely held" has nothing to do with church-state relations.

Lemon test from Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971), etal:

1.The government's action must have a secular legislative purpose;
2.The government's action must not have the primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion;
3.The government's action must not result in an "excessive government entanglement" with religion.

If any of these 3 prongs are violated, the government's action is deemed unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.