Enshrining Religious Privilege: How the Religious Right is Undermining

The Center for Inquiry-Tampa Bay presents CFI’s new Legal Director,

Nick Little, who will speak about the effects of the Religious

Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, and the legal actions CFI has taken

and will take in defending secularism. Do you know what the religious

right and the government are doing to undermine separation of church and

state? Might you take an interest in defending your beliefs from ongoing

attacksFind out!
     Nick’s focus will be RFRA—the Religious Freedom Restoration

Act—because it is where the big legal battles are these days, rather than

the frequently heard debates over school prayer and religious displays on

public property. The act was passed unanimously by the House, with

major backing from Progressive groups like Americans United and

ACLU, as a protection for religious groups from unfair attacks by the

government. Unfortunately, it has become what some people always

thought it would be—a sword to win special rights for religious groups.

It was the basis of the Contraception Mandate brief written by the Center

for Inquiry, as well as many other current suits.