How swiftly times change. When Bill Clinton signed the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (rfra) in 1993, hardly anyone objected. The House of Representatives had supported it unanimously; the Senate by 97-3. Likewise, when a young state senator called Barack Obama voted for a similar measure in Illinois in 1998, it seemed like a shrewd move for a man with lofty ambitions. Yet when Governor Mike Pence signed a nearly identical law in Indiana on March 26th, the outrage was deafening.
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