(JUST THE NEWS) – California ranked first in the number of religious discrimination charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, with 1,550 charges filed in 2022, according to Eldessouky Law. Meanwhile, in Texas, which has approximately three-fourths the population of California, only 600 charges were filed.
Religious freedom advocates say that the state is becoming “more hostile to religious freedom,” and focus on healthcare and education as major areas of contention.
“The culture of California is one of not being supportive of people of faith,” said Justin Butterfield, Deputy General Counsel at First Liberty Institute, a religious freedom law center, to The Center Square. “That is not an area of diversity they like in California.”
