context: . While the majority contends that its decision today affects only Swanner's conduct, not his religious beliefs, Opinion at 283, I do not believe that the Alaska Constitution distinguishes so clearly between religious belief and religious conduct.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 494 U.S. 893, 893
citation_a.parenthetical: "Because the First Amendment does not distinguish between religious belief and religious conduct, conduct motivated by sincere religious belief, like the belief itself, must therefore be at least presumptively protected by the Free Exercise Clause."
citation_a.sentence: See also Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 220, 92 S.Ct. 1526, 1535-36, 32 L.Ed.2d 15 (1972) ("[Bjelief and action cannot be neatly confined in logic-tight compartments.”); Smith, 494 U.S. at 893, 110 S.Ct. at 1608 (O’Connor, J., concurring) (“Because the First Amendment does not distinguish between religious belief and religious conduct, conduct motivated by sincere religious belief, like the belief itself, must therefore be at least presumptively protected by the Free Exercise Clause.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 604 P.2d 1070, 1070
citation_b.parenthetical: because of the close relationship between conduct and belief, and because of the high value we assign to religious beliefs, religiously impelled actions can be forbidden only where they are outweighed by a compelling governmental interest
citation_b.sentence: See Frank, 604 P.2d at 1070 (because of the close relationship between conduct and belief, and because of the high value we assign to religious beliefs, religiously impelled actions can be forbidden only where they are outweighed by a compelling governmental interest).