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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Respect for Marriage Act · Sec. 6

Sec. 6. NO IMPACT ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND CONSCIENCE

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## SEC. 6 NO IMPACT ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND CONSCIENCE **[**[1 U.S.C. 7 note](/us/usc/t1/s7)**]** ###
(a)In General Nothing in this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall be construed to diminish or abrogate a religious liberty or conscience protection otherwise available to an individual or organization under the Constitution of the United States or Federal law. ###
(b)Goods or Services Consistent with the First Amendment to the Constitution, nonprofit religious organizations, including churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, nondenominational ministries, interdenominational and ecumenical organizations, mission organizations, faith-based social agencies, religious educational institutions, and nonprofit entities whose principal purpose is the study, practice, or advancement of religion, and any employee of such an organization, shall not be required to provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges for the solemnization or celebration of a marriage. Any refusal under this subsection to provide such services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges shall not create any civil claim or cause of action.
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