[eastsider]

I was merely trying to find out whether jmit's "principles" were absolute. Since you seem to be asking the question of me, however, I do not believe that the right to practice one's religion is absolute. I believe that right is bound by concern for other human rights — for example, no human sacrifice. So, yes, I do believe the government has the duty to consider social order in recognizing religious freedom and the authority to restrict certain "religious" practices.

[slhill]

Agreed. However, you can do this simply by prosecuting under existing law. What's being described here is an attempt to use state power to shut down a place where people are gathering to do weird, possibly immoral and possibly distasteful *legal* stuff. If they were killing kids, everyone would be for prosecution. If they were stealing from the neighbours, ditto. Nude dancing? That's a lot more dubious.