RFRA
Justice Scalia’s terrible religious legacy
By Mark Silk — February 15, 2016
Scalia was wrong to consider himself a champion of religious freedom.
Indianapolis in crisis mode after tourism hit by religious bill
By Reuters — April 3, 2015
(Reuters) Indianapolis, a corn belt city of 850,000 with a $4.4 billion tourism industry, has gone into full-on damage control to make sure its growing convention business is not harmed by a national uproar over a religious freedom bill that Pence signed into law last week.
Thank Scalia for the Indiana mess
By Mark Silk — April 2, 2015
He was responsible for the decision that threw religious freedom into politics.
Beef ban * Witch hunts * Too much Guinness : March’s Religious Freedom Recap
By Brian Pellot — April 1, 2015
An Indian state bans the sale and possession of beef. Tanzanians murder “witches” accused of murdering “magical albinos.” And Ireland nearly outlaws straight marriage, on accident. Who needs April Fools’ Day when reality is this strange?
Where did Indiana law come from? A brief history of religious freedom (ANALYSIS)
By Jay Michaelson — March 31, 2015
(RNS) Until the last few years, RFRA cases were victimless. That all changed in the 2000s, as conservative activists began using RFRA in a new way: as a sword, rather than a shield.
Satanists’ challenge to Hobby Lobby ruling may face legal hurdles
By Kimberly Winston — July 31, 2014
(RNS) Satanists' attack on the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision with a letter protesting "informed consent" abortion laws as a burden to their religious beliefs may be a toothless challenge.
Should Congress repeal the law behind the Hobby Lobby case?
By Lauren Markoe — July 3, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The Hobby Lobby case revolved around the question of whether an employer had to cover all types of birth control, including ones that their religious convictions held out as morally objectionable. But it hinged on little-known RFRA.
The ‘Splainer: RFRA and the Hobby Lobby case
By Kimberly Winston — June 30, 2014
(RNS) What is this RFRA of which the Supremes speak? Stay with us and there’s ice cream, cake, a puppy and even hallucinogenic drugs in it for you.
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