The assault by federal agents on the Branch Davidians on February 28, 1993, wasn't the first time that Washington decided to rid the country of an irritating religious sect. In fact, there have been quite a few times in our history when various levels of government -- local, state, and federal -- attempted to yank the not-so-orthodox religions back into the mainstream of American society by force. No other religious group has endured more persecution and violations of its constitutional rights than the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), or the Mormons. It started as early as the...