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On 20th anniversary, RLUIPA offers model for addressing injustice, consensus-building
The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) remains a spectacular example of effective legislation, protecting against unnecessary burdens on religious exercise in two areas of focus.
Education Department rule insulates faith-based student groups at public universities from nondiscrimination requirements
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued a final rule that, among other things, bars public universities from denying organizational privileges to faith-based student groups that have discriminatory membership or leadership restrictions.
Government of Sudan agrees to separate church and state, establish national commission for religious freedom
Sudan’s transitional government signed an agreement this week stating that its “constitution should be based on the principle of ‘separation of religion and state."
