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Arkansas Looks to Protect Religious Liberty in State Constitution
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Lathan Watts is director of public affairs for First Liberty Institute, a nationwide law firm dedicated to protecting religious liberty for all.
If you adapted the old advertising slogan for the American company known for its jams, jellies, and preserves, “With a name like Smuckers, it has to be good,” to the American Civil Liberties Union, it might read something like, “If the ACLU labels your action one of the ‘most extreme’ in the nation, it has to be a good idea.”
When the state Legislature of Arkansas recently passed SJR 14, which will provide the voters of Arkansas the opportunity to adopt an amendment to their state constitution to protect religious liberty, the ACLU predictably condemned the measure with its signature hyperbolic flair.