Re: "Agenda" and persecution of Mormons

[Marci Hamilton]

Actually, it was for membership in a polygamous organization.  The Court has been distinguishing belief and conduct in both the speech and free exercise cases for a very long time.  It is a distinction that has intuitive, common sense appeal, so I would defend it, though it is not always a perfectly bright line in every case, a fault that does not doom a doctrinal distinction in my view.

Marci