The federal laws against religious discrimination are clear regarding the unlawfulness of this form of discrimination. At the forefront of all of these laws, the United States constitution grants all citizens the right to religious freedoms in the first amendment of the Bill of Rights. Due to this fact, protection from religious discrimination is quite literally a constitutional right. However, further laws were passed to ensure that religious discrimination was unlawful. In 1964, a Civil Rights act was passed to prohibit religious discrimination and other types of discrimination in education, public facilities, government, and employment. In 1968, another act was passed, known as the Fair Housing Act, to prohibit such discrimination in housing. Additionally, state and local laws also exist in your area that may specify even further protection. Common examples of unlawful religious discrimination include disallowing a bible club in a public school, forcing a worker to not wear religious garments, or denying a loan on the sole basis of a person's religion.