Mar 31, 2015 ... Bill Clinton signed The Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 1993. Then-state  Senator Barack Obama voted for it when he was in the state senate of Illinois. ...  In 1997, the Supreme Court said the federal law did not apply to ... In broad  strokes, the Indiana and Illinois laws are similar. .... You might also like.
Mar 29, 2015 ... Critics, however, say it is Pence and Republican lawmakers who are ... In his  ABC interview, Pence said Indiana's law followed the Hobby Lobby case ... vote  in Illinois 17 years ago and the bill that Pence signed into law last week. ....  Barack Obama voted for (the Religious Freedom Restoration Act) when ...
Mar 29, 2015 ... “The Religious Freedom Restoration Act was signed into federal law by President  Bill Clinton more than 20 years ago,” said Indiana Governor ... the same version  that then state senator Barack Obama voted for in ... “Look, if you have to go back  two decades to try to justify something you are doing today, ...
Mar 30, 2015 ... A furor has erupted over an Indiana law that could give businesses the ... the  Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed by President Bill Clinton in 1993. ...  said that Indiana's law differs from the federal law, and most other similar ...  people to do things they object to on religious grounds, like catering or ...
State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts are state laws based on the Religious  Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a federal law that was passed almost  unanimously by the U.S. Congress in 1993 and signed into law by President Bill  Clinton. The laws mandate that religious liberty of individuals can only be limited  by ... The United States Government stated a similar position in a brief for the  case ...
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.