“Laws are made for the government of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious belief and opinions, they may with practices...”
[Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 8 Otto 145, 24 L. Ed. 244 (1878).]
See also:
Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. United States, 136 U.S. 1, 10 S.Ct. 792, 34 L. Ed. 478 (1890). Revised as 140 U.S. 665, 11 S.Ct. 884, 35 L. Ed. 592 (1891).
I read those. They're full of it. If the practices violate rights, as in say human sacrifice, then they have a point. As it is, they have no grounds, or justification whatsoever to do what they did. That's not just on theoretical grounds, but on legal grounds also. The 1st Amend is in plain English and it seems govm't bozos from these clowns to Bush can't read and they refuse to follow the law.