Posts Tagged ‘Religion Freedom Restoration Act’

Judge denies peace activists religious freedom defence

Monday, September 2nd, 2019

A group of US Catholic peace activists have failed to have charges dismissed for breaking into a nuclear submarine base in Georgia to protest nuclear weapons. The base houses six Trident submarines, each designed to carry nearly 200 nuclear warheads. The seven activists cited the Religion Freedom Restoration Act, a 1993 federal law that says Read more