New Mexico
Religious Liberty Ranking:
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3
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
State Capitol,
Santa Fe, NM
Built between 1610 and 1626, San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is the oldest Catholic Church in the United States. San Miguel has been used as a place of worship for Native Americans, French missionaries, and later as a military chapel. How is New Mexico safeguarding religious liberty in 2023?
Safeguards
Religious Liberty in the States 2023 measures each state across 34 items that form 7 groups of safeguards. The potential safeguards were identified for their ability to protect the free exercise of religion, as shown by at least one of 50 states adopting a religious liberty protection in the named area. Safeguards were further narrowed to those that could be objectively measured based on a plain reading of state law.
For a more detailed view of how this state stacks up in 2023, select any of the drop-down arrows below for an expanded view of the multi-item safeguards.
Opportunity for Absentee Voting: Yes
Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Yes
Employer Exemption from the Contraceptive Mandate: Yes
State Capitol,
Santa Fe, NM
Built between 1610 and 1626, San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is the oldest Catholic Church in the United States. San Miguel has been used as a place of worship for Native Americans, French missionaries, and later as a military chapel. How is New Mexico safeguarding religious liberty in 2023?
Safeguards
Religious Liberty in the States 2023 measures each state across 29 items that form six groups of safeguards. The list of potential safeguards were identified for their ability to protect the free exercise of religion, as shown by at least one of 50 states adopting a religious liberty protection in the named area. Safeguards were further narrowed to those that could be objectively measured based on a plain reading of state law.
For a more detailed view of how this state stacks up in 2023, select either of the drop-down arrows below for an expanded view of the multi-item safeguards.
