In the area of family law, rabbinical courts need to accept that secular law with regard to matters such as child support and the best interest of a minor are binding.
Aber was das Wohl des Kindes ist, dass bestimmen wir.
Allowing laws of general applicability to incidentally prohibit central religious conduct (circumcision is just one important example) is bad for religious freedom in the United States. Governmental regulation of religious conduct – whether directly or indirectly, whether as the focus of the law or just a byproduct – ought to be held to the standard of strict scrutiny and generally not permitted.
Orthodox Jews ought to support all attempts to minimize Smith and its progeny.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Division_v._Smith
..a United States Supreme Court case that determined that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote, even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual.
Also "gewöhnliche Menschen" und Menschen mit religiösen Sonderrechten?