Attorney General Sam Olens announced that Georgia and 19 other states have filed a friend of the court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the right of religious nonprofit organizations to follow their religious beliefs.

“Religious liberty is a fundamental principle upon which our nation was founded. I will continue to defend the Constitution, and Georgians, from an administration driven to exercise government power over our freedoms, our rights, and our lives.” said Attorney General Olens.

As the brief notes, “Religious nonprofits serve their communities in a variety of ways, from caring for the youngest members of society, to serving the elderly with compassion, to providing educations that allow individuals to pursue their own contributions.” “Erecting impediments to their adherence to their religious beliefs can threaten such religious nonprofits’ continued work, which is driven and shaped by those beliefs.”

On January 11, 2016, the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin filed the amicus brief in the case of Zubik v. Burwell.

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