Laws Are Made To Protect The Trusting

The Government's Power To Censor The Press Was Abolished So That The Press Would Remain Forever Free To Censure The Government. The Press Was Protected So That It Could Bare The Secrets Of Government And Inform The People. Only A Free And Unrestrained Press Can Effectively Expose Deception In Government.

When The Power, Prestige And Financial Support Of Government Is Placed Behind A Particular Religious Belief, The Indirect Coercive Pressure Upon Religious Minorities To Conform To The Prevailing Officially Approved Religion Is Plain.

We Repeat And Again Reaffirm That Neither A State Nor The Federal Government Can Constitutionally Force A Person "to Profess A Belief Or Disbelief In Any Religion." Neither Can Constitutionally Pass Laws Or Impose Requirements Which Aid All Religions As Against Nonbelievers, And Neither Can Aid Those Religions Based On A Belief In The Existence Of God As Against Those Religions Founded On Different Beliefs.

No Tax In Any Amount, Large Or Small, Can Be Levied To Support Any Religious Activities Or Institutions, Whatever They May Be Called, Or Whatever Form They May Adopt To Teach Or Practice Religion.

The Layman's Constitutional View Is That What He Likes Is Constitutional And That Which He Doesn't Like Is Unconstitutional.