Freedom of Religion Just a Myth in USA

Recently in Texas a polygamist “cult” ( cult seems to be code for religion we don’t like) lost over 400 of it’s young female members in government raid.

As reported from The New York Times

“On Thursday, a Texas ranger described in detail what occurred last week when law enforcement officers, responding to a call for help from a 16-year-old who said she was being sexually abused in the compound, sought entry.

In the raid, 416 children were removed and placed in temporary state custody on suspicion of being abused or under the threat of abuse or neglect; 139 women voluntarily left the ranch to care for them.

The women and children are at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark and other temporary shelters in San Angelo.”

Apparently the state believed the girls were being forced into relations with older men resulting in rape and emotional abuse.  Regardless of your personal feelings on this, is this not what the constitution protects?  Who is the state to say that what they’re doing is wrong?  More importantly, why is the state so motivated to break up a religious community?

I believe the state doesn’t like the polygamist lifestyle and is attempting to destroy it completely.  Where was the government when Catholic Priests were raping boys like it was going out of style?   They couldn’t have cared less. The Catholic Religion teaches a one man one woman philosophy, something more in line with the government program.

Is this something that Atheists support? I have to believe that even Atheists would defend that ones spiritual belief is not the province of Government.