For example, should states be able to force someone to go to church?
Uh, you are certainly wrong in this,I never impied that! freedom of religion doesn't mean a state run religion. It means you can worship rocks if you want to. It means you can follow David Karesch, if you want to...with out the state to stop you. Nor can the state force you to believe or worship! If that church, or your faith violates my rights, that's where your right to religion stops
I fully agree. But that's freedom of religion, a close but separate issue. My question was about freedom from religion.
You stated there is no freedom from religion. In that case, it would seem that the government wouldn't be violating your rights if it imposed religion on you.
For example, if there was no freedom from religion, government could make it illegal to skip church on Sunday, or eat non-kosher foods, or trim your beard, or require females in public to wear a burka and still not violate anyone's rights.
It's exceedingly clear those would violate rights, so it holds there is freedom from religion, no?