Quote:Respecting is defined as, "with reference or regard to".
The law references the church as an authority on birth certificates.
When someone gets married at a church, the state doesn't recognize that either.
But the amendment doesn't read 'respecting religion', it reads 'respecting an establishment of religion'. Using a church record to verify a birth doesn't establish a religion.
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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson