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Indiana Senate Bill 101, titled the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), [1] is a law in the U.S. state of Indiana, which allows individuals and companies to assert as a defense in legal proceedings that their exercise of religion has been, or is likely to be, substantially burdened.
Prior to the enactment of Indiana's first state constitution and achievement of statehood in 1816, the Indiana Territory was governed by territorial law. The state's first constitution was created in 1816, after the U.S. Congress had agreed to grant statehood to the former Indiana Territory. The present-day document, which went into effect on ...
Michael Conroy/APIndiana Gov. Mike Pence By Fiona Ortiz Indiana's Republican Gov. Mike Pence, responding to national outrage over the state's new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, said Tuesday he ...
The best means of protecting religious freedom is to provide concrete protections for practices and professions, Deborah A. O’Malley writes. Opinion: RFRA is not enough. Indiana needs more ...
The First Amendment does not guarantee atheists or anyone else "freedom from religion." Frequent exposure to religious symbols and messages is inevitable in our religiously diverse society. The First Amendment does, however, guarantee “freedom from government-imposed religion” – a core condition of liberty of conscience. [69]
BY KYLEE WIERKS, FOX59 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 26, 2015) – The NCAA and Salesforce are raising concerns about traveling to Indiana after Governor Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration ...
The government of Indiana was first formed in December 1816 and replaced the government of the Indiana Territory. The early government came under criticism beginning as early as the 1820s for having many public offices filled by appointment and lack of delegation of authority to lower officials, requiring state level legislation for things like ...
Indiana's Court of Appeals questioned attorneys this week on exceptions to the state's abortion ban in a case involving residents who are suing on grounds that it violates a state religious ...