It has taken over twenty years, but Congress is finally holding hearings to limit the impact of the toxic Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) on civil rights. Two bills have been introduced in Congress that would carve back RFRA’s destructive reach the Equality Act and the Do No Harm Act. Both focus on curtailing the capacity of RFRA to promote discrimination against LGBTQ persons, but the Do No Harm Act further limits the harm that RFRA engenders against the vulnerable, including children.
I am sincerely concerned about the false RFRA narrative that has taken over both sides of the debate over the Equality and Do No Harm Acts. The proponents of both acts need to restart their arguments by tapping into the true story behind RFRA. They are making unnecessary concessions by whitewashing RFRA’s history, intent, and effect. Despite its title, RFRA did not “restore” actual case law. Rather, it introduced a license to lawlessness.
Author: Marci A. Hamilton
Marci A. Hamilton is the Fels Institute of Government Professor of Practice and Fox Family Pavilion Resident Senior Fellow in the Program for Research on Religion at the University of Pennsylvania. Before moving to the University of Pennsylvania, Professor Hamilton was the Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. Hamilton successfully challenged the constitutionality of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) at the Supreme Court in
Boerne v. Flores (1997) and defeated the RFRA claim brought by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee against hundreds of child sex abuse survivors in
The ‘It’ Factor: Andrew Douglas of men’s squash The first three-time First-Team All-American in program history has helped to turn the Quakers into one of the top collegiate squash programs in the country. Image: Eric Sucar
A former professional squash player, Lane says his background enables him to spot specific players who have a supreme work ethic, determination, and will to improve and succeed a trait in sports that is sometimes called “It.” Douglas definitely had “It.”
“You could just tell that he loved the game and he was passionate about improving,” Lane says. “He wanted to be the best not only in the U.S., but the best in the world. That’s a pretty special characteristic and not one that many people have.”
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