 | Pennsylvania - 1885 - 548 pages
...would it be seriously contended that the civil government could not interfere to prevent a sacrifice ? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines...religious belief superior to the law of the land. Government could exist only in name under such circumstances." It is clear, then, that there are bounds... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 988 pages
...here, as a law of the organization of society under the exclusive domain of the United States, it is provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed....professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the laws of the land, and in effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could... | |
 | Utah - 1886 - 444 pages
...organization of society under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it is provided that pluial marriages shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religions belief? To permit this would bo to make the professed doctrine of religious belief superior... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 1122 pages
...enacted under the police power of the state, because such regulations happen not to conform to one's religious belief. "To permit this would be to make...religious belief superior to the law of the land, and lit effect to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could exist only in name... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 972 pages
...here, as a law of the organization of society under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it is provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed....because of his religious belief? To permit this would make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land, and in effect to... | |
 | Theodore William Dwight - Personal property - 1894 - 940 pages
...here, as a law of the organization of society under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it is provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed....religious belief superior to the law of the land, and in fact to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could exist only in name under... | |
 | Frederick Coate Wade - Catholic Church Education Manitoba - 1895 - 168 pages
...here, as a law of the organization of society under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it is provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed....to the contrary because of his religious belief? To perm't this would be to make the profound doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Constitutional history - 1895 - 440 pages
...here, as a law of the organization of society, under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it is provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practice to the contrary, because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed... | |
 | James Kirby - Law - 1897 - 452 pages
...organization of society, under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it has been prescribed that plural marriages shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practices to the country because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of... | |
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To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land, and, in effect, to permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could exist only in name, under such circumstances. 
