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From: kurtzman@uscvax.UUCP (Stephen Kurtzman)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: Satanism, Witchcraft, and the Tax Man
Message-ID: <37@uscvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 15:23:55 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  3 15:23:55 1985
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Organization: CS&CE Depts, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA
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Summary: 


If congress has passed laws which discriminate against a particular
religious group (such as Satanists) then that law is in direct violation
of the constitution. The congressmen that voted for the law know that.
This is an example of how our government can harass an unpopular religious
sect. It will take a court battle, probably all the way to the supreme
court, to overturn this rule. Of course, the congressmen that passed the
law hope that the expenses required to take a case like this all the
way to the supreme court will be great enough to stop anyone from
protecting our constitution.