>> there are limits to religious freedom. says if drug use is allowed why not polygamy or sacrifice, and the high court may be reluctant to permit drug use under any circumstances. >> in april of 1990 the court ruled that smith and black could be prosecuted for the use of drugs in religious rituals and found that such prosecutions did not violate the first amendment right to religious freedom. the opinion's author, justice antonin scalia. >> i suppose you could say a law against human sacrifice would affect only the aztecs. i don't know that you have to make exceptions. >> the decision was seen by some as an attack on religious freedom. enter democratic senator ted kennedy and republican senator orrin hatch. company sponsoring the religious freedom action, which slams the supreme court for it deference to religious exercise saying government should not stoops thatly burden religious exercise
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