The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals defended the First Amendment last week, and effectively also took a stand against forced labor.

Once again, the putative dispute involved same-sex wedding ceremonies. And once again, a federal court had to remind state officials that people remain free to choose not to participate in private events. Freedom to abstain is a basic right, period.

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