Religious groups have so many rights because that was the intent of the founders. That's the meaning of "separation of church and state" as found in Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists.
"I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."
The wall Jefferson referred to was to protect religious freedoms from the government.
To impose morality by legislation or court decision at the national level is not only unconstitutional but also immoral. By doing so, it would diminish the degree of moral responsibility of the people, making us all less able to decently self-govern on moral issues. If we receive all the answers to our moral dilemmas by seeking intervention from Washington, we will become incompetent in decently regulating our own lives. This will lead to both a loss of morals and freedom.
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