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Free the Monks & Free Enterprise: Saint Joseph Abbey v. Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors

Under Louisiana law, it is a crime for anyone but a licensed funeral director to sell funeral merchandise, which includes caskets. To sell caskets legally, the monks of Saint Joseph Abbey would have to abandon their calling for one full year to apprentice at a licensed funeral home, learn unnecessary skills and take a funeral industry test. They would also have to convert their monastery into a funeral establishment by, among other things, installing equipment for embalming human remains. Read more

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