When religious and secular interests collide : faith, law, and the religious exemption debate / Scott A. Merriman.

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"Can religion be used to legalize discrimination? When does religion exclude a person or corporation from having to follow a federal or state law, and does our government automatically favor one faith over another when allowing such exemptions? How "religious" must an activity be to qualify as exemp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Merriman, Scott A., 1968- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
Subjects:
Freedom of religion > United States.
Freedom of religion.
United States.
Physical Description:197 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The founding generation
  • Freedom from religion
  • Religious exemptions from the gilded age through the 1920s
  • Sherbert and Yoder
  • Smith, RFRA, and its limitations (1980-1995)
  • From RFRA to Hobby Lobby
  • Marriage equality and beyond
  • A necessary balance.