INTRODUCTION 689 I. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF FREE EXERCISE JURISPRUDENCE AND THE EMERGENCE OF EXEMPTIONS 691 A. Mormon Challenges Under the Free Exercise Clause 692 B. Reinterpreting the Free Exercise Clause and the Emergence of Exemptions 693 C. Employment Division v. Smith, The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, and Boerne: The Battle over Free Exercise Exemptions 695 II. THE REALITIES OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM AND THE NEED FOR FREE EXERCISE EXEMPTIONS 699 A. Religious Homogeneity and Laws of General Applicability 699 B. Denying Free Exercise Rights to Asian-Americans under Employment Division v. Smith and Boerne 703 C. Protecting the Free Exercise Rights of Asian-Americans under Sherbert/Yoder and RFRA 705 III. RE-EXAMINING THE VIABILITY OF THE SHERBERT TEST 707 A. Options for Free Exercise Rights Following Boerne 708 B. Countering the Chaos Argument Against Sherbert 710 C. State Legislatures and the Political Process as Guarantors of Religious Freedom 711 CONCLUSION 712
