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The recent divide between some of New York's Hasidic population and city government crystallizes the issues in the larger national conversation about religious freedom and discrimination in public accommodations ("Out of Enclaves, a Pressure to Accommodate Traditions," news article, Aug. 22).
The fundamental right to religious liberty lies at the heart of our constitutional democracy and helps define us as a nation. But the essential freedom to practice and express our faith, or to have no faith at all, does not include a right to impose those beliefs on others. Nor does it confer a right to enlist the machinery of government to enforce religious restrictions in public services.
Deeply held religious beliefs cannot trump the basic notion that government facilities, like city buses, should be open to all on an equal basis. Sincere, heartfelt moral convictions, like those invoked recently by businesses to justify limitations on employee health benefits or refusals to serve same-sex couples (a practice rejected by the New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday), cannot be used to undermine our longstanding commitment to fairness in employment and the marketplace.
DANIEL MACH
Director, Program on Freedom
of Religion and Belief, A.C.L.U.
Washington, Aug. 23, 2013
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