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Quotation from Minersville School District v. Gobitis by Supreme Court of the United States
“Conscientious scruples have not, in the course of the long struggle for religious toleration, relieved the individual from obedience to a general law not aimed at the promotion or restriction of religious beliefs.”
Minersville School District v. Gobitis, Opinion of the Court (Frankfurter, J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
The majority's statement of the general-law principle on which the decision rests.
Citation: "Conscientious scruples have not, in the course of the long struggle for religious toleration, relieved the individual from obedience to a general law not aimed at the promotion or restriction of religious beliefs." — Supreme Court of the United States, Minersville School District v. Gobitis, Opinion of the Court (Frankfurter, J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id minersville-school-district-v-gobitis-q3)
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