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Old 08-02-2004 | 02:16 PM
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c903
 
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Default RE: Sunday hunting??

The hunting organizations and businesses in those states that (states) prohibit Sunday hunting based on religious reasons, or are highly suspected to be basing the prohibition on religious reasons no matter how the state tries to disguise the reason, need to file a violation of the First Amendment suit in a federal court.

There is much case law regarding similar situation in which the courts found that the states were in violation of the 1st Amendment. In one case, one of the supreme court justices that held that the state was in violation, wrote:

"The First Amendment . . . gives no one the right to insist that in pursuit of their own interests others must conform their conduct to his own religious necessities."

No person or lesser body of government can enforce any rule or legislated law that clearly violates any aspect of the Constitution. Additionally, all states receive federal funds. Doing so puts them in the pocket of the Federal government and those federal funds can be cut if the state does not play ball.

The 1st Amendment clearly states that

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, ….."

Legislating laws that prohibit any activity, business or personal, for religious reasons, can be interpreted as "…….respecting an establishment of religion."

In addition, the "Blue Law" could be found to be violating the Constitutional right of "equal protection."

http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info...055361019.html
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