These Missouri rabbis are using the Republican-held state's religious liberty laws to push for wider access to absentee ballots during the coronavirus pandemic.
has stepped in to defend the religious liberty of churches engaged in these legal battles.
“What this initiative on the part of rabbis in Missouri raises is a fundamental principle of religious liberty ― that governments must protect religious liberty rights whether or not they are in alignment with elected officials’ larger political agendas,” Franke said. “The principle of neutrality is foundational to the concept of the free exercise of religion, [and] a governor may not favor exercises of religion he agrees with while rejecting those he does not.
The state’s lawyers are seeking to dismiss the lawsuit for a number of reasons, including their belief that the pandemic is not a good enough excuse to avoid voting in person, according to Tony Rothert, legal director of the ACLU of Missouri.
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