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9 Geo. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 157 (2011)
Religion and the Sweet Mysteries of Life: Religious Liberty in the Lawrence Due Process Framework

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Religion and the Sweet Mysteries of Life:
Religious Liberty in the Lawrence Due Process
Framework
TRAVIs JETT*
INTRODUCTION         .......................................... 158
I. HISTORY OF THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE AND DUE PROCESS CLAUSE .  159
II. PHILOSOPHICAL BASES OF LAWRENCE AND SMITH  ............... 162
A. Central Holding of Smith ..........................  163
B. Central Holding of Lawrence .......................  165
III. COMPARING LAWRENCE AND SMITH ... ........................ 167
A. Overt Acts .....................................    168
B. Areas Where Government May Intrude ................  170
C. Legislative and Judicial Roles .......................  172
IV. PURPOSE: AN ArrEMPT TO DIFFERENTIATE LAWRENCE AND SMITH ...  174
V. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN LAWRENCE'S DUE PROCESS FRAMEWORK ....  178
A. Why Religious Liberty Matters ......................  178
B. Protecting Religious Liberty ........................  180
1. Religious Liberty in the Lawrence Due Process
Framework .................................     180
2. Lawrence Conception of Liberty in Free Exercise
Jurisprudence ...............................   182
CONCLUSION ............................................ 187

* J.D. Candidate 2011, Georgetown University Law Center. © 2010, Travis Jett.
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