Free Exercise Clause

See also: free-exercise clause

English

Alternative forms

• free-exercise clause
• free exercise clause

Proper noun

Free Exercise Clause

1. (US, law) A clause in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, stating Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
   • 2011 October 17, Stanley Fish, “Is Religion Above the Law?”, in The New York Times:

     The free-exercise clause tells us that that religion is especially favored and the establishment clause tells us that it is especially feared (the state should avoid entanglement with that stuff).

Holonyms

• First Amendment

Coordinate terms

• Establishment Clause

Further reading

• Free Exercise Clause on Wikipedia.Wikipedia