Even if human sacrifice were necessary by some religions, it would not be protected under the First Amendment.
What examples violate Free Exercise Clause?
- For instance, even if it were mandated by a particular religion, the First Amendment would not shield the practice of human sacrifice, as the Court pointed out in Reynolds v. U.S., 1878, one of its seminal "free-exercise" cases.
- In other words, while the freedom to believe is unalienable, the right to act on those convictions is not.The Free Exercise Clause safeguards people's freedom to exercise their religion as they wish, provided that doing so does not violate "public morals" or a "compelling" governmental interest.
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 348 the Court established a "ministerial exemption" that forbids the application of employment discrimination statutes 349 to claims arising out of an employment relationship between a religious institution and its clergy.
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