Religion & Law

Congrats to Rick and Tom B. for lending a hand to the cause of religious liberty in Connecticut.  It appears that the proposal they submitted (along with Doug Laycock, Carl Esbeck, and Robin Wilson) helped shape the same-sex marriage bill that was passed last night.  Over at the Volokh Conspiracy, Dale Carpenter applauded the new bill and commented specifically about the Berg-Garnett et al. proposal:

The proposal is important, both because it comes from acknowledged experts in the field of religious liberty and because it is likely to be endorsed in some version by even more academics and other advocates. My guess is that something like it will be introduced every time a same-sex marriage bill is considered.