Congress Again Considers Workplace Religious Freedom Act
More than a decade after its introduction, bill still has wide bipartisan support—and corporate criticism.
Greg Trotter, Religion News Service
2/14/2008

Congress is again considering a bill to protect religious expression in the workplace, but the bill, which has been bandied about for a decade or more, continues to draw steep opposition from business interests.

The Workplace Religious Freedom Act would require employers to be more accommodating of employees who wish to wear religious headgear, for example, or take time off for holy day observances.

The bill has broad bipartisan support and backing from an unusually large swath of religious groups, including the National Association of Evangelicals, Christian Legal Society, Seventh-day Adventists, Orthodox Jews, Catholic bishops, the Islamic Supreme Council of North America and the Church of Scientology. the rest