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Calvert wanted to turn Maryland into a kingdom to beneift himself. The idea was to create a colony for catholics who wanted to be serfs.
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The Pilgrims and Puritans came to find a place where they could freely persecute those who didnt share their beliefs.
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Free exercise clause was added as the first part of the First Amendment to give peoplefree exercise of religion.
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Bible in one hand and musket in the other, he is atributed to starting the Civil War.
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Celebrating mass at an Army Camp,
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hundreds of church leaders were jailed, mormons deprived of their right to vote, and congress dissolved the LDS church and expropiated most of its property unti; the church agreed to abandon polygamy.
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Religious fundamentalists.
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to limit state laws and other state actions that burden religious exercise.
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Court held that the free exercise clause did not eexempt an orthodox Jewish merchant from sunday closing laws
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hold that the clause doesnt relieve an individual of the obligation to to comply with a valid and neutral law of general applicability . Echoes the concern that religious exemptionspermits a person be virtue if beliefs to become a law himself.
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Hobby Lobby chooses to not cover insurance for employees becuase they violate their religious beliefs.
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Girl takes it up to court and wins the case. Abercrombie now has to allow headressess and relgious freedom into their dress codes for their employees.