... human sacrifices were a necessary part of religious worship, would it be seriously contended that the civil government under which he lived could not interfere to prevent a sacrifice? Or if a wife religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself... Albany Law Journal - Page 1661890Full view - About this book
| 1911 - 1318 pages
...while they cannot interfere with mere religious belief and opinions, they may with practices. • * * So here, as a law of the organization of society under...marriages shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practice to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed... | |
| 1918 - 314 pages
...religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to prevent her carrying her belief into practice 't So here, as a law of the organization of society under the exclusive dominion of the United States,... | |
| United States. Department of Justice - 1953 - 950 pages
...while they cannot interfere with mere religious beliefs and opinions, they may with practices. * * * So here, as a law of the organization of society under...provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed (pp. 165, 166). Therefore, in order to sustain this charge in the present case, it must be shown that... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1885 - 1142 pages
...religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to...excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior... | |
| 1924 - 1654 pages
...religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to...excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior... | |
| Adam Carlyle Breckenridge - 1970 - 168 pages
...religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pyre of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to prevent her from carrying her belief into practice?45 44. Wallace v. Labrenz, 41 1 111. 618. Then, referring to... | |
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