"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is
that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox
in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force
citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein."
by:
Justice Robert H. Jackson
(1892-1954), U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Source:
Minersville School District v. Gobitis, 1940
(or West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943))
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 -- Mike, Norwalk      
 -- Robert, Sarasota      
Tell that to the FBI...
 -- E Archer, NYC     
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    ...unless it is to believe in global warming or the value of diversity, two modern day religions with no basis in observable fact.
     -- Ken, Allyn, WA     
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    Another right winger.
     -- warren, olathe     
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     -- Anonymous      
    Quoted from the West Virginia Board of Education vs. Barnette Supreme Court case.
     -- anon, anon town     
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    warren, by what scale are using to describe the above tyrant "right winger"?
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    Shouldn't we be a principled being?
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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     -- Ronw13, ID      
     
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