Date of Award

2016

Document Type

Dissertation/Thesis

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Tunick, Mark

Abstract

In health care cases involving children, people are still vulnerable to religious persecution in this country, particularly in the State of Florida, because the public officials responsible for securing and enforcing the laws tend to lend the prestige of their offices to advance the private and special interests of themselves and others at the expense of minority groups. Following a literary review of the laws that provide for the free exercise of religion nationally and in the State of Florida, I apply case law to a hypothetical case, based on true facts concerning parents who are African American, Jehovah's Witness and Muslim, who refused certain medical treatment for their minor child according to their beliefs to show how public officials can abuse their powers and neglect their duties and substantially burden the free exercise of religion by minority groups and address possible remedies.

Comments

Includes bibliography.

Extent

64 p.

Identifier

FA00003681

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