A state can intrude, however, either directly or through allowing tort action, in the right to exercise religious beliefs provided the state’s action can meet a four-part test:
1. Government must have an important or compelling state interest.
2. The “burden of expression must be essential to further” this interest.
3. The “burden must be the minimum required to achieve” this interest.
4. The measure must apply to everyone, not just the questioned religion.[2]
Jesus! the more I read into this.........how did the WTS dumbass lawyers not see this one coming?1. Government must have an important or compelling state interest.
2. The “burden of expression must be essential to further” this interest.
3. The “burden must be the minimum required to achieve” this interest.
4. The measure must apply to everyone, not just the questioned religion.[2]