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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.
On March 26, 2015, Pence signed Indiana Senate Bill 101, also known as the Indiana "religious objections" bill or Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), into law. [138] The move was praised by religious conservatives , [ 139 ] but criticized by people and groups who felt the law was carefully worded in a way that would permit discrimination ...
On July 26, 2018, Pence raised the Xinjiang internment camps issue at Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, [88] saying that "Sadly, as we speak as well, Beijing is holding hundreds of thousands, and possibly millions, of Uyghur Muslims in so-called "re-education camps", where they're forced to endure around-the-clock political ...
Mike Pence gained notoriety in 2015 for signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law. The law made it possible for businesses within the state of Indiana to discriminate against members ...
The former vice president spoke at an event hosted by the Ethics & Religious Liberty ... Mike Pence greets people before speaking at the Serving in the Public Square lunch during the Southern ...
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 Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488 (November 16, 1993), codified at 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb through 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-4 (also known as RFRA), is a 1993 United States federal law that "ensures that interests in religious freedom are protected."
Mike Pence is emerging as one of the last Republicans in Washington willing to publicly criticize the new administration. ... Pence and those who work with him at Advancing American Freedom, his ...