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ALCU: Arkansas Gov. Rejects Indiana Copycat Bill, Signs New, Flawed Religious Freedom Restoration Act into Law

New Law Falls Short of Ensuring Religion Cannot be Used to Harm Others

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015.  Gov. Asa Hutchinson today signed SB 975 into law, a revised bill that sought to improve upon Religious Freedom Restoration Act HB 1228, which closely resembled Indiana’s controversial RFRA.

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In doing so, he rejected the earlier HB 1228, which, like Indiana’s divisive law, allowed anyone to use their religious beliefs to claim that they have a…

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