State v. Pedersen, 2004 WL 1093320 (Minn. App. Aug. 18), rejects
Pedersen's claims of a state constitutional exemption from a marijuana
ban, because the panel concludes that appellant's beliefs about
marijuana use are personal beliefs rather than communal religious
practices or tenets.
Alan raises a fair point with his hypothetical law giving everyone the right
to take Sunday off if s/he wants. Facial neutrality might well not be
enough in that case. But the major problem there, it seems to me, is the
blatant distinction in fact between different religious faiths with Sunday