The Religious Freedom Restoration Act

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW203749008 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="none">Imagine Congress was considering a bill to protect “religious liberty.” Let’s say the bill’s author openly admitted his intention was to “</span><a href= "https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/research/sen-schumers-religious-freedom-restoration-act-key-law-at-issue-in-hobby-lobby-"><span data-contrast="none">allow maximum religious freedom</span></a><span data-contrast="none">.” Maybe he says he’s concerned about attempted governmental restrictions on Christian religious expression in particular.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":213,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Now imagine what the reaction to such a proposal would be on “X,” formerly known as Twitter.</span> <span data-contrast="none">Surely this would be labeled “</span><a href= "https://www.breakpoint.org/unpacking-christian-nationalism-and-the-growing-hostility-to-christian-immigrants/"><span data-contrast="none">Christian Nationalism</span></a><span data-contrast="none">.” Congress would be accused of trying to establish a theocracy. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":213,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">What if I told you that bill was real, and that it was called the</span> <a href= "https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-103hr1308enr/pdf/BILLS-103hr1308enr.pdf"> <span data-contrast="none">Religious Freedom Restoration Act</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, and that it was introduced by one Democratic Representative Chuck Schumer and</span> <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/17/us/clinton-signs-law-protecting-religious-practices.html"> <span data-contrast="none">signed into law by President Bill Clinton</span></a> <a href= "https://religiousfreedominstitute.org/events/commemorating-rfra-irfa-why-religious-freedom-remains-vital-to-u-s-law-and-policy/"> <span data-contrast="none">30 years ago next month</span></a><span