Our Position on Conscience Protections
Executive Summary
The 1A guarantees free speech which has been determined to include free thought. Any citizen is free to think and believe anything he desires without fear from those who would regulate thought as well as speech. This body of legal support is known as "conscience protections", is a God-given right to all people including mental health therapists in their professional relationships with their clients. As a therapist, your thoughts become regulable by the state only to the extent that you express them ("speech") during your client relationship.
Conscience Protections
Free speech, including "religious freedom", is guaranteed protection from Federal government interference by the first amendment. Religious Freedom includes religious beliefs and associated speech in the practice of one's religion and spiritual beliefs.
Our individual beliefs are protected from harm by other citizens through a concept called, "Conscience Protections". The Founding Fathers believed that ones' beliefs have property rights and are subject to the same protections as tangible property. An assault resulting in provable damages by one citizen against another's religious beliefs is called a "moral injury" and may be pursued through our court system under protections provided by the RFRA laws at both the Federal and some State levels.
We believe that each individual has the right to self-determination in their beliefs, including religious expression, even if we do not agree with their positions, as long as they do no measurable harm to any fellow citizens or their property.
