The Right to Worship Act aims to protect the right to the free exercise of religion by prohibiting disruptions and impediments to religious services.
The Right to Worship Act seeks to safeguard the right to the free exercise of religion by making it unlawful to knowingly disrupt or impede religious services. This includes prohibiting any conduct that substantially affects interstate commerce within 100 feet of a house of worship during a scheduled religious service. The act allows for civil actions by aggrieved individuals and state attorneys general, with courts able to award injunctive relief, compensatory damages, and civil penalties.
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