{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-32-30","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 1-32-30","heading":"Purposes of chapter.","body":"The purposes of this chapter are to:\n(1) restore the compelling interest test as set forth in Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972), and Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963), and to guarantee that a test of compelling state interest will be imposed on all state and local laws and ordinances in all cases in which the free exercise of religion is substantially burdened; and\n(2) provide a claim or defense to persons whose exercise of religion is substantially burdened by the State.","path":["Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 32 South Carolina Religious Freedom Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c032.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:24Z","sha256":"f17fa5ae8562825852b0018775cd952bd987e76e76f0663987b31a84e6563eb4","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-32-20","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-32-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}