Supreme Court strengthens anti-persecution law
Religious Liberty | Justices give the Religious Freedom Restoration Act some teeth
by Steve West
Posted 12/11/20, 05:33 pm
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously agreed a federal law upholding religious rights also allows people of faith to recover monetary damages from those who discriminate against them.
The case involved three Muslim men who claimed FBI agents placed them on the no-fly list when they refused to act as informants against other Muslims. The government subsequently removed them from the list, but the men continued to seek damages for airline tickets wasted and lost income from job opportunities they missed.