rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-your-representatives-support-the-do-no-harm-act?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-your-representatives-support-the-do-no-harm-act' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Jews for a Secular Democracy https://actionnetwork.org/groups/jfasd https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg The Do No Harm Act would amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to ensure that it can only be used as a shield against persecution and not as a sword allowing religious beliefs to trump the law – as has happened so often in recent years. Since its passage in 1993, RFRA laid the groundwork for some of the most devastating attacks on the separation of church and state. The most infamous example of this is the 2014 Hobby Lobby v. Burwell case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the Hobby Lobby company—a craft store chain—was exempt from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers provide their employees with contraceptive coverage. Hobby Lobby’s conservative Christian owners claimed that doing so would “substantially burden” their religious beliefs, and in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court decided that an employee’s religious freedom can be trampled upon by their employer. The Court’s decision in Hobby Lobby created a legal loophole for anyone who wishes to discriminate in the name of religion — allowing individuals and corporations to be free from following laws that apply to everyone else, and putting the civil rights of religious minorities and the nonreligious at risk. The Do No Harm Act would change RFRA by clarifying that it cannot counteract civil rights laws, employment law, protections against child abuse or access to health care. Take action now by urging your Representatives to support the Do No Harm Act! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-representatives-support-the-do-no-harm-act