Tag Archives: Group: North Dakota Family Alliance

In Forum: The topic will be Constitutional Measure 3, the Religious Liberty Restoration Amendment, and featured speakers will be Tom Freier of the North Dakota Family Alliance and Joe Infranco of the Alliance Defense Fund.

OneNewsNow.com: North Dakota residents will have the chance to decide whether the state will adopt a constitutional amendment that defines religious freedom, as enough petition signatures were gathered to place it on a future ballot.

Jamestown Sun: “A proposed North Dakota constitutional amendment would strengthen religious freedoms in the state two decades after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling weakened them, the proposal’s supporters say . . . The measure says a person’s right ‘to act or refuse to act in a manner motivated by a sincerely held religious belief may not be burdened unless the government proves it has a compelling governmental interest’ in regulating the behavior.”

Bismark Tribune: “Tom Freier, a spokesman for the North Dakota Family Alliance, opposed the change, saying North Dakota’s present anti-cohabitation measure has important symbolic value. ‘When you as a Legislature pass bills … you influence our society, you influence what people in this state are going to do,’ Freier said during Tuesday’s hearing. By changing the law, Freier said, ‘we will be sending a message to the people of North Dakota, and I don’t think that’s the correct message … I think when we stand up for our principles and our standards, I think that’s something to be admired, as opposed to being ridiculed.’”