 Freedom of worship is what you do within the four walls of the church, the synagogue, or the mosque. Freedom of religion is what you do outside the four walls of the church, the synagogue, or the mosque. It includes worship but also the right of believers to evangelize, change their religion, have schools and charitable institutions, and participate in the public square without having to hide their beliefs. |
Freedom of Religion on the Chopping Block
by Wesley J. Smith
Intolerant secularism is on the march. In a blatant campaign of cultural imperialism, secularists and their leftist allies aim to shrivel the “free exercise” of religion to mere “freedom of worship.”
Freedom of religion and worship aren’t the same concepts. Indeed, free exercise was ably described by the late Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy as having “a double aspect—freedom of thought and action.” In other words, we are not merely free to believe, but (generally speaking) to also act in the public square according to our faith precepts.
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