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Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 Long title An Act to protect the free exercise of religion. Acronyms(colloquial) RFRA Enacted by the 103rd United States Congress Effective November 16, 1993 Citations Public Law 103-141 Statutes at Large 107 Stat. 1488 Codification Titles amended 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare U.S.C. sections created 42 U.S.C. ch. 21B § 2000bb…
“We are especially concerned about how this legislation could affect our student-athletes and employees,” NCAA President Mark Emmert said in a statement Thursday afternoon. He said the NCAA will “work diligently” to ensure competitors and visitors at next week’s Final Four are not “negatively impacted by this bill.” Emmert also said the organization, which is…
Buy Photo Mike Pence, Indiana Governor, speaks to press members following his signing of the state’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Thursday, March 26, 2015. (Photo: Robert Scheer / The Star)Buy Photo Gov. Mike Pence signed a controversial “religious freedom” bill on Thursday morning during a private ceremony in his Statehouse office. Pence almost immediately began…
California Attorney General Kamala Harris speaks March 8 at the California Democratic State Convention in Los Angeles.(Photo: Jae C. Hong, AP) LOS ANGELES — California Attorney General Kamala Harris asked a state court Wednesday for an order allowing her to avoid processing a citizen-proposed anti-gay ballot measure that calls for executing gays with “bullets to…
Buy Photo Reporters interview Gov. Mike Pence.(Photo: Charlie Nye / The Star)Buy Photo Soon after Gov. Mike Pence signed the religious freedom bill into law Thursday, Salesforce.com founder and CEO Marc Benioff announced on Twitter that he would no longer send employees or customers to Indiana. “Today we are canceling all programs that require our…
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — An Orange County, Calif., attorney has filed a proposed ballot measure with the California Attorney General’s office asking voters to criminalize homosexuality in the state and impose a death penalty sentence. The filing, submitted along with the required fee of $200, will allow attorney Matthew G. McLaughlin to begin the process…