theleveller: there is a difference between freedom of belief and freedom of action

We don't need the Constitution to protect freedom of belief. It's not observable and it's nothing you can change. I will believe what I believe and nothing the government does will change that. It's freedom of action that needs protecting. Meeting together. Worshipping. Not being made to go to the government-sponsored church(es). These are the things that need protecting. My internal states, not so much so.