Since then, 17 states have passed their own RFRAs, and courts in another 11 states have interpreted their state constitutions' religious-freedom provisions to afford believers similar protections.
For instance, paperback Romney has now noticed that the Massachusetts health insurance law that he championed as governor does have some flaws, all of which are because of anti-freedom provisions that the Democrats in the State Legislature put in.
British women are particularly badly hit, according to the authors, because the "welfare state of the UK emphasises individual freedom and provisions of daycare and after-school facilities enabling mothers to work full-time are lacking".
Williams argues that as an "express guarantee of personal freedom", the provision should be interpreted broadly and promote "individual liberty over the arbitrary exercise of legislative and executive power".
"Beyond the denial of basic freedoms, this provision may deter transgender people from seeking mental health services for fear of receiving a diagnosis that would strip them of their right to drive, and leaves the door open for increased harassment, persecution, and discrimination of transgender people by Russian authorities".
While acknowledging that the Constitution's freedom of speech provisions do not relate to private industry as they do to governmental action, Orza said: "Speech which harms the business is subject to discipline.
The freedom of religion provisions, however, would ensure this could never happen," it said.
It also claimed the relevant sections modified a rule of Scottish criminal law which was "special to a reserved matter" and that it would alter freedom of trade provisions in the 1707 Act of Union between Scotland and England.
