Montana Passes Legal Safeguards for Religious Freedom
07/12/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) – On Thursday, July 8, Montana governor Greg Gianforte signed the Montana Religious Restoration Act (RFRA) into law, providing for greater protections for religious liberty and practice in the state.
“Citizens should not be left defenseless when their government attempts to burden their ability to live and worship according to their faith,” said Alliance Defending Freedom, a religious freedom group.
“This law provides a sensible balancing test for courts to use when reviewing government policies that infringe upon the religious freedom rights of Montanans.”
The new law has received both praise and criticism, including from Shawn Reagor, director of Equality and Economic Justice with the Montana Human Rights Network, who claimed the state’s RFRA