. >> i don't mean to befunny, but the court has held that it's fundantal the snse of incorporation ainst the state. but it is a very important and centr part of our democratic society that w do give freedom of religion the practice religion, that the constition restricts the sta from establishing religion and that we have freedom of expression in speech as well. tho freoms are central to our constition. the ford case, as oers i ha in this area, recognized the importance of tha in terms of one's considetion of tions thatre being taken to be restricted in a particular circumstce. speaking further is difficult to . again, because of the role of a judge, toay is imptant, thatt's fundament and it's legal d common meaning i alwa looked at in the context of a pticular case. what is the state doing? in the ford case that you just mentioned the question there before the court was, d the districtourt err in consideringhether or not the religious belief the prisoner had was consient with the established traditional intpretation of the meal at issu ok. nd what i was doing was applyingery important s