Banning Religion Unconstitutional? Yes…even in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma Case, Another Legal Blow To Sharia Law Bans – Atlantic Mobile

http://m.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/in-oklahoma-case-another-legal-blow-to-sharia-law-bans/251190/

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, not generally known for its progressive bent, on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that had prevented Oklahoma’s so-called “sharia ban” from taking effect. The 37-page decision by the three-judge panel was unanimous and useful in providing some early context about the nature of these laws and the trouble they are likely to find when they bump up against the First Amendment’s religion clauses.

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