New Pope Elected: Centuries Of Make-Believe (Religion) Reaffirmed For The Masses

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279. Well, I would disagree with you that the present language gives equal protection.

To me, it gives religion an über-protection just in its being singled out and mentioned. No other example of free speech is so mentioned in The Constitution.

That to me IS a compelling reason to change the wording. It's like the Postal Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 7), which empowers Congress to establish post offices and postal roads. No other business in the country gets such a mention in the Constitution. To me, that singles out the USPS from any other business in the country, giving it a de facto special status that equates to mandated government support of the USPS. In fact, the USPS has a government monopoly on handling and delivering first-class mail, mainly because your post box is considered to be the property of the federal government. The USPS is the designated delivery service to those mailboxes.

To some extent, the same goes for citing religious belief in 1A while not citing any other specific example of free speech. Special status is being conferred in the very mention.

I concede your point #2.