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Tag: Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Civil Rights Advocacy Highlighted at Northwest Religious Liberty Association Anniversary Banquet

Posted on August 30, 2016September 7, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On August 16, 2016, the Northwest Religious Liberty Association (NRLA) celebrated its 25th anniversary by highlighting key legislative achievements, including the passage of the Idaho Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in 2000 and the two-part passage of the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act (WRFA) in 2009 and 2010.

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Video: Oregon Governor Repeals Ban on Teachers’ Religious Dress

Posted on April 2, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV
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Oregon Governor Signs Bill Repealing Ban on Teachers’ Religious Dress

Posted on April 1, 2010February 15, 2012 by Michael Peabody

SALEM, OREGON – On April 1, 2010, Governor Ted Kulongoski signed a bill (HB 3686) that will repeal Oregon’s 87-year-old ban on teachers wearing religious dress.

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Oregon House Votes to Repeal Ban on Teachers Wearing Religious Dress

Posted on February 10, 2010February 10, 2010 by Administrator

By an overwhelming majority, the Oregon House of Representatives has voted 51-8 to repeal a Klan-era ban on teachers wearing religious dress in the classroom.  The law, originally an anti-Catholic measure, was implemented with the support of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. It bans Muslim public school teachers from wearing headscarves, Sikh men…

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Northwest Religious Liberty Association Honors Oregon Speaker Dave Hunt

Posted on October 16, 2009October 26, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Representative Dave Hunt, speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, was awarded by the Northwest Religious Liberty Association (NRLA) at the Oregon Conference Campmeeting in Gladstone on July 17, 2009 for his legislative sponsorship of the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act, Senate Bill 786 (SB 786) which was signed into law by Governor Ted Kulongoski.  There were…

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Governor signs Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Posted on July 21, 2009August 16, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Northwest Religious Liberty Association Press Release – July 21, 2009 The Stage Was Set On a sweltering Friday summer evening, and just two minutes prior to going on stage before approximately 2,000 Seventh-day Adventist Christians at the Gladstone, Oregon Campmeeting, the Honorable Representative Dave Hunt (D), Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Oregon Legislature,…

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Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signs the Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Posted on July 17, 2009August 16, 2009 by Administrator

Breaking News:  We have received word that Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski has signed the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act (SB 786). SB 786 requires employers to make credible attempts to accommodate religious holy day observance and religious dress. Prior to SB 786, employers in Oregon could make only the bare minimum effort to meet accommodation…

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Oregon House of Representatives passes Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Posted on June 1, 2009July 19, 2009 by Greg Hamilton

SB 786 has passed both houses of the legislature and is now on the Governor’s Desk.

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Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony on the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act

Posted on April 13, 2009June 3, 2009 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

SALEM, OREGON –  On April 9, 2009, the Oregon Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony on the Oregon Workplace Religious Freedom Act (SB 786).  House Speaker Dave Hunt, Bureau of Labor and Industry director Brad Avakian, and Senator David Nelson led the testimony in favor of the bill followed by Northwest Religious Liberty Association president Gregory…

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