Why are states still allowing children to die at daycares exempt from licensing requirements due to religious affiliation? Most recently, in August of 2017, a 5-year-old child died at the hands of a person who likely would have been barred from working in a state-licensed facility. This article will address the recent failure of Alabama to enact an adequate statute that could prevent this situation, despite the child's death. It will also review how other states have been able to accommodate religious child care facilities in the recent past. (author abstract)