And these attacks focus on what they hold dearest – their religion, their families and their freedom. … In contrast, there are an awful lot of people willing to fight and die for their religion and our Constitution.…
(b) EXCEPTION- Government may substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion only if it demonstrates that application of the … (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a governmental entity may not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion, even … Mark Kirk (R-IL) said, “We should not enshrine bigotry under the cover of religion.…
beliefs, you’re directly contradicting the First Amendment which “prohibits the making of any law…impeding the free exercise of religion … That should make Freedom of Religion laws completely unnecessary and if that doesn’t do the trick, then common sense should do the…
Sex is the new religion in America, and it’s a religion of the sword. … anyone else who can’t celebrate the orthodoxy of the new religion. … The religion of sex values the sword of government compulsion over the freedom of religion and conscience.Do you?…
attempting to vilify people who support a law that protects one of this nation's most basic and sacred freedoms, the freedom of religion … The nasty, mean-spirited rhetoric, the desire to harm people for exercising their religion and the efforts to smear a certain group…
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. -- George … ethnic and racial profiling, or should the employee be under an obligation to volunteer that his or her appearance was dictated by religion…
response to a Supreme Court decision upholding an Oregon drug law against members of the Native American Church who had claimed their religion … The First Amendment, ratified in 1790, guaranteed Americans the "free exercise" of religion. … So strong is American respect for the free exercise of religion that it extends to matters of life and death.…
towards those of us who believe in freedom of choice, freedom of conscience, freedom of expression, freedom of speech and freedom of religion … In their minds, civil rights trump religious rights, because religion hinders them from feeling moral.…
use of peyote, a hallucinogenic drug, could not be the basis for firing them from their jobs because it was a sacrament in their religion … The court ruled that the adherents to this religion had the same obligation to obey the laws that prohibit the use of peyote as all … That statute basically required the federal government and the states to permit the "my religion made me do it" defense wherever there…
Indiana's RFRA, like the federal version, says the government "may not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion" unless … neutral, generally applicable laws are constitutional even if they make it difficult or impossible for someone to practice his religion…
Religious Freedom Restoration Act in Indiana states that "a governmental entity may not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion … we in the United States used to call freedom -- freedom to choose how to conduct one's business and freedom to practice one's religion…
Restoration Act] can be used as a defense in private suits involving the enforcement of laws that substantially burden free exercise of religion … Pence signed the bill into law, he said, “Today I signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, because I support the freedom of religion … The Constitution of the United States and the Indiana Constitution both provide strong recognition of the freedom of religion but today…
Opponents point to the First Amendment’s “no establishment” of religion clause, which bars Federal favoritism toward one religion. … The argument is that this order, as applied to Americans, somehow favors one religion. … Remarks on religion during the campaign, they will say, should be considered. …