There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.

It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.

Religious freedom is too sacred a right to be restricted or prohibited in any degree without convincing proof that a legitimate interest of the state is in grave danger.

There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed.

I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions.

We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.