Hobby Lobby Comes Home to Roost as States Consider 'Religious Freedom' Legislation
Category: POLITICS
For far-right activists and legislators concerned about marriage equality and other LGBT rights, Hobby Lobby provided the perfect opportunity: Pass state Religious Freedom Restoration Acts and effectively grant a religious-exemption claim from LGBT anti-discrimination laws, based on the Supreme Court's rewriting of the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
By Elliot Mincberg, ContributorSenior Fellow, People For the American Way and People For the ..., 2015-03-31