Thread by @LukeWGoodrich

This is a bizarre case of progressives siding with the #Trump Administration and throwing Muslims and their civil rights under the bus--even when the supposed “benefit” for LGBT folks is nonexistent.

This is open hostility to #ReligiousFreedom: 1/

vox.com/policy-and-pol…

It's also wrong about who RFRA protects. Our empirical study of religious freedom cases shows that the groups getting the most benefit are non-Christian minorities, not Christians. Bleating "Hobby Lobby" doesn’t change that: 2/
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Most obviously, on the specific RFRA issue #SCOTUS is reviewing ($ damages against federal officials), there have been 8 lower-court cases:
- 7 for Muslims
- 1 for a Hebrew-Israelite
- All but 1 were prisoners
- ZERO were Christians.

As we @BECKETlaw have argued elsewhere, this is also wrong on the law. Federal officials should be held accountable when they violate religious freedom, just like when they violate other civil rights: 4/
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@BECKETlaw By the way, this is also a legal issue that the #Clinton Administration and @walterdellinger at OLC got right:
justice.gov/file/20301/dow…

@BECKETlaw @walterdellinger It will be interesting to see which side @ACLU and other progressives choose in this case. It’s an easy decision. Silence would be deafening. /fin