2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 1 - Administration of the Government
CHAPTER 32 - SOUTH CAROLINA RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT
SECTION 1-32-30. Purposes of chapter.


SC Code § 1-32-30 (2013) What's This?

The purposes of this chapter are to:

(1) restore the compelling interest test as set forth in Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972), and Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963), and to guarantee that a test of compelling state interest will be imposed on all state and local laws and ordinances in all cases in which the free exercise of religion is substantially burdened; and

(2) provide a claim or defense to persons whose exercise of religion is substantially burdened by the State.

HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 38, Section 1.

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