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Quotation from West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette by Supreme Court of the United States
“The constitutional protection of religious freedom terminated disabilities, it did not create new privileges. It gave religious equality, not civil immunity.”
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Dissent of Justice Frankfurter (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Frankfurter's account of what the religion clauses were meant to secure.
Citation: "The constitutional protection of religious freedom terminated disabilities, it did not create new privileges. It gave religious equality, not civil immunity." — Supreme Court of the United States, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Dissent of Justice Frankfurter (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id west-virginia-v-barnette-q6)
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