First Amendment Rights.

[Guest guest]

I have been trying to inform people about the right of government to

regulate Reiki and there are some who feel that they cannot because

of the seperation of religion and state clause in the First Amendment

of the U.S. Constitution.

 

I've done some research on the site, www.findlaw.com, and found the

following on the difference between religious belief and practice.

 

I only present this info so that we can be more informed on how to

exert our right to practice Reiki unencumbered by uneccessary and

ridiculous laws.

 

 

The Belief-Conduct Distinction .

--While the Court has consistently affirmed that the Free Exercise

Clause protects religious beliefs, protection for religiously

motivated conduct has waxed and waned over the years. The Free

Exercise Clause ''embraces two concepts-- freedom to believe and

freedom to act. The first is absolute, but in the nature of things,

the second cannot be.'' In its first free exercise case, involving

the power of government to prohibit polygamy, the Court invoked a

hard distinction between the two, saying that although laws ''cannot

interfere with mere religious beliefs and opinions, they may with

practices.'' The rule thus propounded protected only belief, inasmuch

as religiously motivated action was to be subjected to the police

power of the state to the same extent as would similar action

springing from other motives.

 

 

I hope this info helps.

 

Namste'

 

Rich Haslam

Freedom4Health Coalition