By Ben Giles | Arizona Capitol Times
Two underlying forces are at work behind a new section of the State Bar of Arizona on the intersection of religious liberty and the law.
Attorneys that sought to create it say the religious liberty law section will serve as an educational arm of the State Bar to help lawyers in a variety of legal fields handle the complexities of religious freedoms protected in statute.
Other attorneys see the potential of the section as a counter-balance to what they describe as an encroachment on religious liberties, both locally and nationally, as the rights of different classes of age, race and gender clash with the right to follow one’s religious beliefs.
