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The First Amendment & the Madisonian Dilemma - Freedom from Persecution for the Cause of Conscience by the State

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2016
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In health care cases involving children, people are still vulnerable to religious persecution in this country, particularly in the State of Florida, because the public officials responsible for securing and enforcing the laws tend to lend the prestige of their offices to advance the private and special interests of themselves and others at the expense of minority groups. Following a literary review of the laws that provide for the free exercise of religion nationally and in the State of Florida, I apply case law to a hypothetical case, based on true facts concerning parents who are African American, Jehovah's Witness and Muslim, who refused certain medical treatment for their minor child according to their beliefs to show how public officials can abuse their powers and neglect their duties and substantially burden the free exercise of religion by minority groups and address possible remedies.
Title: The First Amendment & the Madisonian Dilemma - Freedom from Persecution for the Cause of Conscience by the State.
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Name(s): Louis, Claudel
Tunick, Mark
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Date Created: Spring 2016
Date Issued: 2016
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 64 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: In health care cases involving children, people are still vulnerable to religious persecution in this country, particularly in the State of Florida, because the public officials responsible for securing and enforcing the laws tend to lend the prestige of their offices to advance the private and special interests of themselves and others at the expense of minority groups. Following a literary review of the laws that provide for the free exercise of religion nationally and in the State of Florida, I apply case law to a hypothetical case, based on true facts concerning parents who are African American, Jehovah's Witness and Muslim, who refused certain medical treatment for their minor child according to their beliefs to show how public officials can abuse their powers and neglect their duties and substantially burden the free exercise of religion by minority groups and address possible remedies.
Identifier: FA00003681 (IID)
Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2016.
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