Question

What does the free exercise clause NOT protect? Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion… A. attending church services on Sunday B. preaching your religion to others C. missing work on a church holy day D. sacrificing animals in the name of your religion

Answer 1

D. sacrificing animals in the name of your religion.

There was a court case on this in Florida where an African voodoo church was doing animal sacrifice and the courts ruled against them. Just search for "supreme court animal sacrifice case"

Answer 2

The correct answer is option D. "sacrificing animals in the name of your religion".

Step-by-step explanation:

In the case of 1993 "Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520", allowed that an ordinance passed in Hialeah, Florida, establishing that is forbidden to kill an animal unnecessary, without serving the primary purpose of food consumption. In this case The Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye that practiced Afro-cuban religion "Santería" was not allowed to kill animals to serve is rituals. These rituals involved sacrificing animals under the believing that the beings known as "orishas" would aid them, beings that according to the religion live in the animal's blood.