Spare_change
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YesActually, they aren't .... the government is interfering in the practice of religion. It is determining that some religious practices are acceptable and some are not.
It's no more difficult than that.
So in Piggie Park v. Newman where someone claimed serving black people was against their religious beliefs, that would be interfering with their religious beliefs no?
And if someone didn't want to serve black people in their establishment, but not based on religious beliefs and the government provided the exception for one without exempting the other - wouldn't that be unequal treatment under the law?
Then there is the case of Bob Jones University with discriminated against non-whites and interracial couples based on their religious beliefs.
Does claiming a religious belief exempt you form all kinds of different laws or only laws regarding homosexuals?
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No
Not under the current misinterpretation of the First Amendment.