Certain religions and belief systems promote alternative perspectives toward vaccination. ... Religion plays a crucial role into the decision making process of one who is committed and places a valid argument to the defense of immunization. Religions such as the Amish culture, Religious objections by Muslim fundamentalists have driven suspicions about the polio vaccine in three different countries in which polio is still endemic: Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. ... "  By entire religions being against immunization, there creates a large amount of people who will agree with the belief...

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However, in November 1993, President Clinton signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA").RFRA was intended to restore the traditional protection afforded to prisoners to observe their religion, which had been weakened by decisions such as O'Lone. Prior to the enactment of RFRA, courts generally gave deference to the plaintiffs' interpretations of the tenets and requirements of their own religion, if the court deemed those beliefs to be sincerely held. ... Lee (1982), the Supreme Court accepted the plaintiff's contentions concerning the fundamental beliefs of the Amish...

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