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Old 05-01-2008, 12:56 PM   #126
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wmb....

I don't feel like dissecting this article piece by piece, but basically, the chick misses the point....

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Free Exercise: An Even Weaker Argument than Due Process, For Belief Is No Defense to Crime

The even weaker argument circulating, once again encouraged by the FLDS lawyers, is that the rescue somehow violated the FLDS's right to the freedom of religion.
the point is not that "belief is a defense to crime", but rather that "belief is not in and of itself a crime".
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