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A relevant US Supreme Court case is Bowen v. Roy (June 11, 1986) 476 US 693. The AFDC and Food Stamp programs required the SSNs for all members of a family as a requisite for providing benefits. The plaintiff parents, members of a Native American religion, objected on the grounds sthat SSNs somehow violated their religious scruples.
The Supreme Court held that there was sufficient (non-religious) justification for these govt programs to require SSNs, and this was a requirement applied to everyone equally, so the "intrusion" on religious rights was minimal. The First Amendment does not empower individuals to dictate the govt's internal workings to accommodate their religious sensibilities.
Not on all fours, but I would think it's on three.
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