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Thursday, June 02, 2005
First Interpretation of PA Religious Freedom Protection Act
A press release yesterday by the ACLU of Pennsylvania reported that in the first ruling to interpret Pennsylvania's Religious Freedom Protection Act, a common pleas court issued a preliminary injunction permitting a Muslim firefighter to return to his job without shaving his beard. Fire department regulations were aimed at assuring that firefighters could use respirators effectively, but the ACLU said that new technology masks will alleviate the problem.