freedom of religion

A constitutional guaranty under the First Amendment, and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, to the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of some state constitutions, embracing the two concepts of freedom to believe and freedom to act, the first being absolute and beyond interference by legislation, the second being subject to regulation to prevent acts subversive of the civil government or otherwise criminal. Oney v Oklahoma City (CA10 Okla) 126 F2d 861; 16 Am J2d Const L §§ 336 et seq. One of the liberties included within and protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Hamilton v Regents of the University of California, 293 US 245, 79 L Ed 343, 55 S Ct 197.