Since Hobby Lobby, the only states that have passed RFRAs are Mississippi-not exactly a bastion of tolerance, commerce, and industry-and Indiana. Last year, for the first time, the Supreme Court said RFRA was a sword, as well as a shield, enabling a corporation to deny insurance coverage to its employees. The typical cases were Native Americans using peyote, or churches seeking zoning variances-religious acts that didn’t really affect anyone else. That’s because it was meant as a shield protecting minority religions from government interference. When Bill Clinton signed the federal RFRA in 1993, it passed Congress nearly unanimously. Pence is being knowingly disingenuous when he compares Indiana’s RFRA to others. In fact, Indiana is different, for four specific reasons: Hobby Lobby, the interests supporting this bill, the bill's focus on antidiscrimination, and the role of business.įirst and most importantly, Gov.
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