Nationwide Legislative Tracking Baptist Joint Committee: http://bjconline.org/staterfratracker/ National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/2017-religious-freedom-restoration-act-legislation.aspx Congressional Testimony U.S. House of Representatives, Judiciary
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Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF): alliancedefendingfreedom.org Primary Contact: Alan Sears, Esq., President, CEO Mission: An alliance-building legal organization that advocates for
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Federal Legislation and Resources The Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed in 1993. In response to the City of Boerne v. Flores case,
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The RFRA was held unconstitutional as applied to the states in the City of Boerne v. Flores decision in 1997,
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WHY STATES NEED STATE RFRAs Due to the passage of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 1993, the
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The Sherbert Test consists of four criteria to determine if an individual’s right to religious free exercise has been violated
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The original Religious Freedom Restoration Act (also known as RFRA)—Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488—is a federal statute intended
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