Saturday, August 28, 2021

Government Grocery Stores and Religious Liberty

 Suppose Food Stamps could only be used at Government Grocery Stores where no Kosher (or other special religiously appropriate) food was stocked? Would this be a neutral benefit program for food security? What about the Free Exercise Clause? Would this program impose a substantial burden of the free exercise of religion?

Or better yet, suppose government grocery stores provide each person with a basket of food, selected not by the citizen but by government nutrition experts. No Kosher or religious food is included in the basket.Is this consistent with religious liberty and equality in a pluralistic society?

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