The Trump administration rule invited all health care workers to deny care to any patient because of religious beliefs, putting everyone’s health at risk and violating religious freedom.

This year, Americans United led social justice and faith groups to expose Project Blitz, the Christian nationalist political movement to undermine church-state separation, turn the U.S. into an officially “Christian nation” and roll back positive social change by misusing religious freedom to discriminate.

In 2019, Americans United expanded its efforts to stop the Trump administration from misusing religious freedom to harm others and undermining our nation’s fundamental principle of separation of religion and government. We filed three new federal lawsuits and joined a fourth, bringing our court challenges against the Trump administration to nine.

Americans United secured a huge win this year on behalf of public school students and families in Louisiana after negotiating a settlement agreement with the Bossier Parish School Board that ensures children feel welcome and included in their own schools regardless of their religious beliefs.

In 2019, Americans United fought against multiple attacks on public education and religious freedom as federal and state officials proposed new private school voucher schemes that would violate religious freedom by diverting taxpayer dollars from public schools to fund private, mostly religious schools that can discriminate against children and families.

A Utah substitute teacher went ballistic in the classroom. Other students reported that she reportedly harangued on the topic of homosexuality for 10 minutes, telling the 30 students in the classroom that “homosexuality is wrong” and “two men living together is a sin.”

There’s simply no need to erect sectarian symbols at the seat of government when our nation is home to so many churches. Houses of worship are the proper places for crèches and other religious symbols to be displayed – and many of them are happy to take on the task.

It’s important to remember the myriad of things going on every day at Americans United that don’t make the headlines but that also matter, the quiet activism that makes a big difference.