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Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon vs. Smith 494 U.S. 872 (1990) is a United States Supreme Court case that determined that the state could deny unemployment benefits to a person fired for violating a state prohibition on the use of peyote even though the use of the drug was part of a religious ritual. Although states have the power to accommodate otherwise illegal acts done in pursuit of religious beliefs they are not required to do so.