Protecting Religious Freedom in the Wake of COVID-19
Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the John Locke Foundation. The author of this post is Mitch Kokai. Graham Piro of the Washington Free Beacon documents state-level efforts to safeguard religious freedom during a pandemic. Republican-controlled state legislatures are moving to protect the right to religious worship from future government-ordered lockdown measures that have sparked legal challenges since the start of the pandemic. Montana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas are pushing legislation that would further protect religious liberty in the wake of shutdown orders mand...