BYU Law Review Volume 2000 | Issue 3 Article 2 9-1-2000 Liberte, Egalite, et Fraternite at Risk for New Religious Movements in France Hannah Clayson Smith Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview Part of the Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, and the Religion Law Commons Recommended Citation Hannah Clayson Smith, Liberte, Egalite, et Fraternite at Risk for New Religious Movements in France, 2000 BYU L. Rev. 1099 (2000). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/lawreview/vol2000/iss3/2 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Brigham Young University Law Review at BYU Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Law Review by an authorized editor of BYU Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. HSMI-FIN.DOC 10/12/00 3:14 PM Liberté, Egalité, et Fraternité at Risk for ∗ New Religious Movements in France I. INTRODUCTION During the past several years, the French government has sys- tematically targeted the freedoms of new religious movements (“NRMs”)1 with legislative initiatives.2 On June 22, 2000, the ∗ My interest in this topic stems from my experience as a volunteer missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France beginning in the fall of 1995. While the LDS Church has not been officially listed as a secte, I encountered first-hand as a missionary the effects of anti-sect sentiment, specifically those arising out of the tragic Ordre du Temple Solaire deaths in southeastern France in the fall of 1995.