Friday, October 15, 2010

The New Wave of Extreme State Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) Legislation: Why It's Dangerous

by Marci A. Hamilton

FindLaw
October 14, 2010

Despite the nation's unhappy and unfortunate experience with the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and its progeny, there is a new movement pushing for a new kind of state RFRA -- which is much more extreme than we've seen in the past.

In this column, I'll explain why the enactment of extreme-RFRA statutes or ballot initiatives would be a grievous mistake, and describe some of the movement, on the state level, regarding this issue.


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