Directions: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

In rejecting the argument based on ‘freedom of conscience’, the court cited the absence of ___(1)___ in the pleadings. The judgment’s emphasis on the uniform as an inviolable symbol of equality and homogeneity seems to have overwhelmed any ___(2)___ in favor of any sort of accommodation. Another question to ___(3)___ is whether it was at all necessary to invoke the ‘essential practice’ test in this case. If something is egregiously religious, it is more likely to be kept out of the campus, if uniformity and eliminating any ‘sense of separateness’ are the hallowed goals. The matter could have been disposed of without ___(4)___ the theological domain. The ‘essential religious practice’ test itself is a pointless exercise, as the Supreme Court has established a nearly unattainable ___(5)___ to determine it. Something is an essential ___(6)___ only if its absence or removal has the effect of destroying the religion itself. Save for a few fundamentals, no religious practice will actually ___(7)___ such scrutiny. It would be far better if a claim for Article 25 protection is tested against constitutional values such as equality, dignity, and privacy, subject, of course, to health and public ___(8)___. In any case, the ‘essentiality’ test should be jettisoned forever if only because it theoretically allows some defining theological concepts to override all else. What is ___(9)___ to constitutional principles will remain so irrespective of what is considered essential to religion. ___(10)___ of religion is important because freedoms are important, and not because religions are important.