Alabama and Texas offer the most faith-friendly regulatory environments in the nation for religious nonprofits, while Maryland and Virginia rank near the bottom, according to a new study.
The Napa Legal Institute, a D.C.-based nonprofit, on Wednesday unveiled its “Faith and Freedom Index,” which measures the “friendliness” of state regulation and tax policy as applied to faith-oriented nonprofits. The group said that scores for religious freedom and regulatory freedom in each state are combined to yield an overall total.
“We’re in an era of division and conflict, and faith-based nonprofits offer opportunities for solutions, provide spiritual renewal, moral formation, and humanitarian aid,” said Mary Margaret Beecher, the group’s vice president and executive director, in a telephone interview.”Our society, and particularly our laws, should be supporting that.”
The group’s report said the public accommodation question involves protecting the religious free exercise rights of faith-based organizations in relation to rules mandating nondiscrimination on the grounds of “sexual orientation and gender identity.”
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