Does the police power of the state include the power to promote

religious solidarity?
The police power of the State does not include the power to promote religious
solidarity because laws, such as in the case at bar i.e. RA XBYZ, tend to impose
invalid exercise of police power. It actually collides with the peoples
constitutional rights as guaranteed in Article III. The end does not justify the
means, as they say. 1The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses as expressed
in the Bill of Rights were not designed to serve contradictory purposes. They
have a single goal to promote freedom of individual religious beliefs and
practices. In simplest terms, the Free Exercise Clause prohibits government from
inhibiting religious beliefs with penalties for religious beliefs and practice, while
the Establishment Clause prohibits government from inhibiting religious belief
with rewards for religious beliefs and practices. The two religion clauses were
intended to deny government the power to use either the carrot or the stick to
influence individual religious beliefs and practices. The legislature, having the
ultimate authority in exercising the states police power, would recognize
religions and their practices and would consider them, when practical, in
enacting laws of general application. But when the legislature fails to do so,
religions that are threatened and burdened may turn to the courts for protection.

1 Estrada v Escritor, A.M. No. P-02-1651 (2006)