And that is why the 1st Amendment has “...or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...” included, when referring to ones religion.
Unfortunately, our current President, and even some of the current Supreme Court members, do not understand this very simple, straight forward, plain language.
> Unfortunately, our current President, and even some of the
> current Supreme Court members, do not understand this very
> simple, straight forward, plain language.
Oh, they understand it just fine.
They reject it and refuse to comply with it.
They are revolutionaries. The “old order” does not apply to them, neither will they enforce it. It is only useful insomuch as they can torture it to justify their own ends.
“But they are sworn to uphold it,” you say.
What does an oath mean to an atheist?
They understand it. It is irrelevant.
Right. But the issue in these legal disputes is whether “religion” is even applicable to the matter at hand.