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Religious Freedom Was America’s First Freedom – and Still Is

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25.09.2026

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The New York Times reported the following about a new piece of legislation known as the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 1993: “President Clinton today signed into law legislation requiring the Government to meet stringent standards before instituting measures that might interfere with religious practices.”

About this law, President Clinton said the following:

The free exercise of religion has been called the first freedom, that which originally sparked the development of the full range of the Bill of Rights.

What this law basically says is that the Government should be held to a very high level of proof before it interferes with someone’s free exercise of religion. This judgment is shared by the people of the United States as well as by the Congress. We believe strongly that we can never, we can never be too vigilant in this work.

The 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed with overwhelming majorities. The House bill passed without a single........

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