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Professor Drobac Comments on RFRA Lawsuit for 'Indianapolis Star'
08/19/2016
A Muslim inmate is suing the Boone County Sheriff’s Office using Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act over the sheriff’s refusal to provide the inmate with a diet that conforms to the inmate’s religious beliefs. Professor Jennifer Drobac commented on the lawsuit for a news story that appeared in the Indianapolis Star on August 18.
“This is exactly the type of thing the law is supposed to protect,” Professor Drobac says in the story of the inmate’s suit. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed the suit on behalf of the inmate, Gannon Thomas. Drobac noted that Thomas did not demand that his diet conform specifically to halal practices; he asked for a vegetarian diet. “Serve him some rice and beans for crying out loud,” she said in the story.
Professor Drobac is a nationally known scholar who is frequently sought out by national media for her expertise in the areas of sexual harassment law, and adolescent neurological and psychological development and the law. Her latest book, Sexual Exploitation of Teenagers: Adolescent Development, Discrimination, and Consent Law, was published by University of Chicago Press.
