Ironically, the law which lead to todays decision was passed by a Democrat Congress in 1993. See the article below for details. “Congress passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 1993, after concern that a ruling by the Supreme Court had chipped away at religious freedom. Congress is the hero and the president — President Clinton — who signed it into law, they are the heroes of today’s huge win,” said Starr, a former law dean at Pepperdine University. “They are the ones who said we disagree with the Supreme Court’s cutting back on religious liberty and chose to vindicate it for all Americans of good conscience.” The case that led to the 1993 act was a 1990 decision by the Supreme Court that upheld Oregon’s denial of unemployment claims by two men who were fired by the Native American Church for ingesting peyote. In ruling against the men, the high court tossed out previously used balancing test in First Amendment cases involving the free exercise of religion. The 1993 was overwhelmingly bipartisan. bizbeatblog.dallasnews/2014/06/huge-day-at-supreme-court-as-hobby-lobby-decision-expected-court-also-could-limit-public-unions.html/
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