so if your religion is enslaving other people you are not protected.
that wasn't the point that I was making,
not even a near miss! freedom of religion is constitutionally protected, and the right to be free from unlawful search and seizure is constitutionally protected.
additionally the right to the pursuit of "life, liberty, etc" is also constitutionally protected. These parts of the fed constitution balance these rights and the roles of government in protecting them. The same applies to the state constitution.
CPS and other authorities were acting to protect the "life, liberty, etc" of the children of the compound when they made their "raid". this is constitutional, and not a violation of "freedom of religion" if
they used proper search warrants and procedures, and had demonstrable
just cause.
I chose these constitutionally pertinant quotations in my post as a response to Kaiser's largely correct opine that there are clear dangers to governmental overreaction. We still do not know the full story of El Dorado and the FLDS, but the entire cult appears very suspicious to me, and we will hopefully know soon the whole truth about the cult, and whether the authorities reacted in a correct manner or not, in the fullness of time.
I hope!
