[WOSG]

. Namely, the 14'th Amendment extends the protections of the Bill of Rights by restricting how states may act, "

thus saith the Supreme Court .... since the 1950s or so.

"there is no protection from interference in secular ideas within the Bill of Rights that is akin to the First Amendment protection for freedom from interference with religious expression ..."

ON the contrary, the free excercise of religion clause and the freedom of speech clause are directly analogous.

Government may express an opinion on matters or might do things that encourage one idea, but may invoke no coercion in either sphere. The establishment clause further underlines that determination so there is no favored sectarian religion.

[general_re]

thus saith the Supreme Court .... since the 1950s or so.

Render unto Caesar, and all that jazz ;)

Government may express an opinion on matters or might do things that encourage one idea, but may invoke no coercion in either sphere. The establishment clause further underlines that determination so there is no favored sectarian religion.

In particular, it may not restrict the public square to one favored sect or creed, as Judge Moore did.