RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT
Title: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1875 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 1875 | Pages: 7 (approximately 235 words/page)
In this paper I will describe the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This Act was
used to contradict the decision of the court case of Employment Division v. Smith, which
allowed the government to forbid any religious act without giving a reason. The RFRA
brought back the requirement that the government provide an adequate reason to forbid
any religious act. The government once again had to show that the act was of compelling
interest against the
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sense the RFRA was put into
action over 80 cases have come up regarding it, and most of these cases have been ruled
in favor of the people. This act just brought back some of the freedoms that our fore
fathers guaranteed us, by reinstating the right to have a reason to take away our religious
freedoms. Now the government needs to find a reasonable reason of importance to the
state to stop any religious practice.