After Hobby Lobby ruling, Democrats move to amend RFRA

Published July 2, 2014 6:37pm ET



Liberal groups and congressional Democrats are moving forward with plans to reform the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in the wake of the Supreme Court‘s ruling Monday in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby.

Originally passed in 1993 with overwhelming bipartisan support, the law — on which the case was decided — forbids government from imposing significant burdens on a person’s religious convictions, unless that burden is in furtherance of a compelling government interest and pursued by the least restrictive means possible.

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