TALLAHASSE, Fla. – Florida ranked within the prime spot of First Liberty Institute’s Middle for Faith, Tradition & Democracy’s fourth annual Non secular Liberty within the States index.
The ranking is the solely complete comparability of “how all 50 states defend non secular liberty by way of legislation,” based on a press launch.
Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced the outcomes on the New School of Florida on Monday.
Following Florida, Montana got here in second and Illinois got here in third.
“Florida holds a number of #1 rankings, main the nation in training, economic system, and tourism—and now, Florida is #1 in non secular liberty,” DeSantis mentioned.
The governor mentioned non secular liberty is “vital to the inspiration and performance of America,” and he’s “proud that Florida excels in defending this proper.”
A press launch mentioned the rating is a results of an analysis of 47 “distinct authorized protections, grouped into 20 safeguards, that states can undertake to help non secular freedom in each day life from training and well being care to household legislation and spiritual apply.”
A few of the classes embody medical conscience rights, protections for counselors, monetary non-discrimination primarily based on faith, and legal guidelines safeguarding parental rights, pupil non secular expression, and foster mother or father conscience rights.
Go to the index web site right here.
