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Cockfighting

A federal court in Louisiana dismissed Holy Fight Ministries’ suit challenging the state’s cockfighting ban. The group claimed cockfighting is an “essential part of their religious faith,” but the court ruled a “religious belief — no matter how sincerely held — does not act as an absolute shield against generally applicable laws.”

/ March 4, 2021
This March 23, 2018 photo provided by the Sevier County Sheriff's Office in De Queen, Ark., shows some of the 200 roosters seized during a raid at a cockfight Saturday, March 17, 2018, near De Queen, Ark. Inmates are tending to the roosters being held at an Arkansas sheriff's office for use as evidence against 137 people accused of being part of a cockfighting operation. Sevier County Sheriff Robert Gentry said the birds would be held at his office until a court decides what to do with them. (Sevier County Sheriff's Office via AP)

BATON ROUGE — A federal court in Louisiana dismissed a challenge of the state’s cockfighting ban. Holy Fight Ministries claimed cockfighting is an “essential part of their religious faith,” but the court ruled a “religious belief — no matter how sincerely held — does not act as an absolute shield against generally applicable laws.”

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