WASHINGTON D.C. – Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice released a memo directing the executive branch to expand religious liberty protections in the areas of parental rights and religious autonomy to broadly protect religious exercise.
The guidance memo, titled “Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty,” is the first revision to such guidance since 2017. The new guidelines reflect significant U.S. Supreme Court rulings from the last nine years involving the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Title VII, and stipulates policy on the church autonomy doctrine, neutrality, and parental rights.
