Enshrining Religious Privilege: How the Religious Right is Undermining Secular Society with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Center for Inquiry-Tampa Bay presents CFI's new Legal Director, Nick Little, will speak in Tampa 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 diminishment? Find 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.