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  • Press Release

    Sen. Kennedy Violated Religious Freedom By Invoking Religious Test During DOJ Nominee’s Confirmation Hearing

    “In a democracy that values the fundamental American principle of church-state separation, U.S. senators don’t get to ask a nominee for public office whether they believe in god during a Senate hearing," said AU President and CEO Rachel Laser. "That’s a flat-out violation of our Constitution’s promise that there is no religious test for public office. It’s also grossly hypocritical to witness Sen. Kennedy, who claims to be a champion of religious freedom, so blatantly deny that freedom to others.”
  • Press Release

    Americans United Urges Supreme Court To Protect Taxpayers From Being Forced To Pay For Private Religious Education

    "The Supreme Court chipped away at this protection last year when it required states to include religious schools in private school voucher programs. If this court is to maintain any semblance of adhering to the Constitution and the intent of its framers, it should not cross this final line of requiring taxpayers to pay for religious instruction," said AU President and CEO Rachel Laser.
  • Without religious freedom, there is no reproductive freedom. Religious freedom protects EVERYONE’S right to be true to themselves and make their own decisions about both religion and reproductive health care. That is why abortion is a church-state separation issue. The surge of anti-abortion laws is one piece of a larger Christian nationalist agenda to codify a Christian nation. These abortion bills are part of the same political agenda as Project Blitz, a coordinated effort operating in states around the country to establish an evangelical Christian America. We must: 👉🏾Recapture the narrative about our nation's ideals 👉🏾Expose the real intent of extremists 👉🏾Reveal how their agenda harms freedom & equality for EVERYONE 👉🏾Bring together a diverse coalition of people to speak out against this movement. #reproductiverights #reproductivejustice #mybodymychoice #churchstateseparation #freedomwithoutfavor #stopabortionbans #projectblitz
    - 8 hours 48 minutes ago

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  • What do you think should replace “In God We Trust”? https://t.co/l6P91irD9I

    — Americans United (@americansunited) July 31, 2021
    9 hours 32 minutes ago
    https://twitter.com/americansunited/status/1421607624794116105

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  • Today’s blog post is a follow-up to yesterday’s press release criticizing U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) for badgering Hampton Dellinger about his religious beliefs during a Senate committee hearing. Kennedy needs to read Article VI of the Constitution. "Let’s be clear about this: Whether Dellinger worships one god, five gods, 20 gods or no god has no bearing on his ability to be a lawyer for the U.S. government" https://www.au.org/blogs/dellinger-religious-test
    1 day 12 hours ago

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  • In case you missed it, Ohio Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel says the U.S. needs "a Judeo-Christian revolution": "We should be instilling God in the classroom, in the workplace, and in all aspects of society." And it gets worse. So just to be clear: Our nation was FOUNDED on religious freedom & generations of Americans have come here for that freedom (Muslims & Atheists too). The Constitution is a SECULAR document. It does NOT mention God, Jesus, or religion at all. (What was all that about evil?) 🤔 The "secular left" ensures that religion is used as a shield to protect EVERYONE, not a sword to hurt those who believe differently. Keeping religion & government separate counteracts bigotry disguised as faith. https://twitter.com/RightWingWat…/status/1421132538270126089
    1 day 14 hours ago

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