{"id":1761,"date":"2015-04-13T09:09:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T13:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hlpr\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2015-04-13T09:09:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T13:09:43","slug":"1761","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/lpr\/2015\/04\/13\/1761\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Era of Inequality? Hobby Lobby and Religious Exemptions from Anti-Discrimination Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To mark the release of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hlpr\/print-archive\/volume-9-1\/\">Volume 9.1<\/a>, Notice &amp; Comment will be highlighting\u00a0each of the articles in its own blog post. Today\u2019s featured article: <a href=\"http:\/\/harvardlpr.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/2015\/04\/9-1_Luchenitser.pdf\">Alex J. Luchenitser&#8217;s\u00a0<em>A New Era of Inequality?\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Hobby Lobby and Religious Exemptions from Anti-Discrimination Laws<\/span><\/em><\/a>. Mr. Luchenitser,\u00a0Associate Legal Director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State,\u00a0discusses the aftermath of\u00a0the Supreme Court&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hlpr\/2014\/07\/dangerous-precedents-in-hobby-lobby\/\">Hobby Lobby<\/a><\/em> decision and its implications for the federal RFRA (and, by implication, state RFRAs). Mr. Luchenitser writes:<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><em>There are many options for repairing RFRA. For-profit businesses could be precluded from making claims under the statute. RFRA\u2019s \u201csubstantial burden\u201d requirement could be reinvigorated. The \u201cleast restrictive means\u201d analysis could be rendered more deferential to the government. Specific statutes could be excluded from RFRA\u2019s grasp. All the foregoing alternatives have drawbacks, however.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><em>The soundest way of ensuring that Hobby Lobby does not open the door to private discrimination or other impositions of religious beliefs on persons who do not share them would be to specifically exclude from RFRA\u2019s\u00a0coverage requests for exemptions that would impose nontrivial burdens on third parties. Such an amendment would provide the most effective protection against future court decisions that\u2014in the name of religious freedom\u2014abridge such freedom instead of preserving it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like Professor Tebbe&#8217;s article, <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hlpr\/2015\/04\/religion-and-marriage-equality-statutes\/\">previously featured on Notice &amp; Comment<\/a>, Mr. Luchenitser&#8217;s article sheds some light on\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hlpr\/2015\/04\/what-really-happened-in-indiana\/\">recent controversy in Indiana<\/a>\u00a0and how we might avert potential subsequent controversies. Give it a read today!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark the release of\u00a0Volume 9.1, Notice &amp; Comment will be highlighting\u00a0each of the articles in its own blog post. 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