A new database launched Thursday is drawing attention to hundreds of state laws and regulations that legal experts say have flown under the radar and are in need of reexamination following a string of religious freedom cases at the Supreme Court.
The website, religiousequality.net, catalogs over 600 state-level provisions across all 50 states that exclude religious nonprofit groups from participating in neutral public benefit programs, including those for early childhood education, special education, charitable aid, and the arts.
“There’s a whole bunch of bad law that is on the books — hidden in corners that I think a lot of states don’t even know about — that unconstitutionally discriminates against religious organizations and religious conduct,” said Notre Dame law professor Nicole Garnett, one of the project’s lead architects.
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