Gitmo Detainees’ Lawyers Invoke Hobby Lobby Decision in Court Filing
Lawyers for two Guantanamo Bay detainees have filed motions asking a U.S. court to block officials from preventing the inmates from taking part in communal prayers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The lawyers argue that - in light of the Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision - the detainees’ rights are protected under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
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I’m actually in agreement with the detainees here, since this is the kind of thing the RFRA was supposed to protect. Expect the wingnuts to blow a gasket though, since when they say “religious freedom”, they mean “for rich, Christian (usually white) men only”. They keep forgetting that other religions exist.