Merced v. City of Euless

JENNIFER W. ELROD, Circuit Judge:

The Texas Religious Freedom and Restoration Act (TRFRA), Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code ch. 110, prevents the state and local Texas governments from substantially burdening a person’s tree exercise of religion unless the government can demonstrate that doing so furthers a compelling governmental interest in the least restrictive manner. In this case, we must decide if the city of Euless, Texas, may practically forbid the keeping — even for brief periods — and slaughter of four-legged animals within its borders, a ban that prevents practitioners of the Santería…