Religious freedom gives us ALL the right to practice a religion - or no religion at all - as long as we don’t harm others. #tuesdaythoughts #tuesdaymotivation #religiousfreedom #freedomforall
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Blog PostIn Florida, Millions In Taxpayer Dollars Are Propping Up Anti-LGBTQ Religious Schools
Repeal voucher plans or don’t pass them in the first place. Ensure that our tax resources flow only to public schools – the system that welcomes all students, regardless of their religious beliefs, special needs or sexual orientation.
Blog PostYeshiva And Seminary Withdraw Applications For State Funding In N.J. In Response To Americans United And ACLU Suit
The two grants were part of a package of aid to fund various construction projects at New Jersey institutions of higher education. AU and ACLU-NJ pointed out that the two grants violated a provision of the New Jersey Constitution that expressly prohibits awarding taxpayer funding to ministries or places of worship.
Press ReleaseAmericans United Urges Supreme Court To Protect Religious Freedom And Public Education
“Never before has the Supreme Court ruled that states must fund private religious education. It should not do so now,” said Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United. “Forcing taxpayers to fund religious education or private religious schools that discriminate against students, families and employees would be a fundamental violation of religious freedom.
Press ReleaseU.S. Supreme Court Should Affirm That Trump Birth Control Rules Violate Religious Freedom And Are Unconstitutional
“The Supreme Court should affirm that it is unconstitutional for the Trump administration to misuse religious freedom to block employees’ and students’ access to birth control. Federal courts in Pennsylvania, California and just yesterday in our case in Indiana have ruled against this discriminatory policy," said Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United. "As a reminder, the Affordable Care Act guarantees employees and students the right to contraceptive coverage. The religious beliefs of their bosses and university officials cannot deny them this right."
ALERT: Voucher programs put our already under-funded public schools and public school students at RISK. We should be working to strengthen our public school system, not sending funds to religious schools. Public money should fund public schools. #schoolchoiceweek
— Americans United (@americansunited) January 28, 202014 hours 33 minutes agoCoast to coast, state lawmakers are putting our public schools - and in turn our children - at risk. And it doesn’t stop at the local level. The Trump administration will stop at nothing to force a one-sided view of religion into our public schools.
— Americans United (@americansunited) January 28, 202016 hours 38 minutes ago.@americansunited is fighting to #protectpublicschools, where all kids feel safe and are welcomed, and all kids’ civil rights are protected.
17 hours 18 minutes agoGood news from New Jersey! A case challenging taxpayer funding for religious colleges that AU and @ACLU have been litigating for seven years has been favorably resolved. https://t.co/BmY4twWTYY
— Americans United (@americansunited) January 27, 202018 hours 8 minutes ago
Across the country, Christian nationalists are trying to tear down #churchstateseparation - #publicschools are at risk as voucher proponents try to force taxpayers to fund private religious education. @americansunited is fighting to #protectpublicschools, where all kids feel safe and are welcomed, where all kids’ civil rights are protected.- 18 hours 13 minutes ago
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Education Secretary DeVos and Attorney General Barr have issued new school prayer guidance that opens the floodgates to coercive prayer and religious activity in our public schools.
We need 5,000 supporters to tell AG Barr and Ed Sec. DeVos that we will not tolerate any violation of religious freedom in our public schools.