You argued one sect should have special exemptions from the law. It had nothing to do with freedom of belief. One could argue these two issues are connected through the 14 th and the very concept of equality before the law you mention.
I was giving you grief more about your comments about standards. They are always necessary and without them the Constitution is a dead letter. You cant just use it as a club.
Race equality and religious freedom are not even remotely alike.....and the Constitution promotes the same standards and treatment under the law for all races.....
Freedom to believe your chosen Religious tenets is the freedom expressed in the Constitution, not the details of what actions are allowed....
No religion is going to be allowed human sacrifice and the constitution does not give that freedom...you can believe in human sacrifice but you are not
free to practice it.....and race is not a factor either way....
We can drop that but what specific instance of AA are you trying to relate this too. You claimed there was some sort of separate metrics for various races. Do you have a specific example?
The op about the scheme in grading is an instance of AA .....special and different standards enforced by race....
BTW, it looks like Kennedy is leaning against the University of Texas. He has indicated support of programs that promote diversity but not if they are ONLY about race. The problem though is then that the courts will be tasked with approving admission standards and that is NOT something many of the justices are going to think is all that ideal. Many so called AA programs are just trying to provide a metric to ensure their compliance with Federal law and hoping to prevent discrimination. You guys are not really listening, though, or considering any of the difficulties involved. Nobody really favors discrimination but you cannot avoid it by pretending it does not exist. That, in fact, ensures it will return.