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Re:Yellen on Bitcoin: Fed Doesn’t Have Authority to Regulate... by MichaelGG on Thursday February 27, 2014 @10:26PM (#7317066)
OK, what about Sikhs and the dagger they are "required" wear at all times? I can't up and decide I must wear a knife (even if I put glue on it), then expect schools and the TSA to allow me to do so. The fact is that my "flippant" remark, while mentioning peyote specifically, applies to other such cases. Another example: conscientious objector status (which now has the religious part removed, but required a supreme court case to do so, AFAIK).
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Re:Yellen on Bitcoin: Fed Doesn’t Have Authority to Regulate... by argumentum on Sunday March 02, 2014 @05:33PM (#7331060)
> but required a supreme court case to do so

That's the point of the Supreme Court, which did it's job and confirmed that the government is not supposed to determine what constitutes a religion.

The Sikh kirpan (knife) issue hasn't been argued before the supreme court. When it is, I expect a school's right to ban that weapon will be affirmed on the same grounds.

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