Granting Plea For Religious Liberty In Nevada
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Nevada's insurance law declares that every legal contract carries the obligation of good faith and fair dealing between the parties. If any parties fail to uphold the agreement, it constitutes an instance of bad faith. This law has helped many policyholders and saved them from the unfair treatment of insurers.
That there shall be in this state neither slavery nor involuntary servitude. Second. That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and no inhabitant of said state shall ever be molested, in person or property, on account of his or her mode of religious worship.
—An Act to enable the People of Nevada to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States.
The well-known Supreme Court Rule 123 provided that, with only narrow exceptions, “an unpublished opinion or order of the Nevada Supreme Court shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority.” Starting at the beginning of this year, litigants may now cite unpublished opinions.
The law protects a person's rights to have equal opportunities in employment no matter what their religious beliefs may be. Federal law and Nevada state law both strictly prohibit employers from discriminating against employees in any manner based on their religious beliefs.
SB 31 prohibits a state or local agency from providing or disclosing to federal authorities personally identifying information regarding a person's religious affiliation when the information is sought for compiling a database of individuals based on religious affiliation, national origin, or ethnicity.
—An Act to enable the People of Nevada to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States.
Religious liberty is enshrined in the text of our Constitution and in numerous federal statutes. It encompasses the right of all Americans to exercise their religion freely, without being coerced to join an established church or to satisfy a religious test as a qualification for public office.
DIGEST—Section 1 of Article 13 of the Nevada Constitution requires the State to foster and support institutions for the benefit of the insane, blind, and deaf and dumb, and to foster and support such other benevolent institutions as required by the public good.