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Americans United urges California appeals court to rule religious freedom is not a license for Bakersfield bakery to discriminate

Apr 12, 2024

Americans United, joined by four religious freedom and civil rights organizations, urged a California appeals court to rule that Cathy's Creations, a Bakersfield bakery, does not have a religious-freedom right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.

Americans United celebrates Indiana court ruling that state’s abortion ban violates residents’ religious freedom

Apr 04, 2024

Supreme Court should affirm that federal law protects pregnant patients who need emergency abortion care

Mar 28, 2024

Americans United for Separation of Church and State joined more than 100 reproductive rights, civil rights, religious and other social justice organizations in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) requires Idaho hospitals to provide stabilizing abortion care to pregnant patients seeking treatment during medical emergencies.

The Christian Nationalist agenda behind Supreme Court mifepristone abortion pill case

Mar 26, 2024

Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser called out the Christian Nationalist agenda behind the U.S. Supreme Court case FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a challenge to the FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.

Court victory for Janay Garrick, former Moody Bible Institute instructor who faced rampant sex discrimination

Mar 19, 2024

Americans United celebrated the federal appeals court opinion issued in the lawsuit Garrick v. Moody Bible Institute. The decision allows a sex-discrimination lawsuit filed by former communications instructor Janay Garrick to proceed against Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.

Americans United criticizes Oklahoma officials for anti-LGBTQ+ crusade that contributed to death of Nex Benedict

Mar 14, 2024

Americans United President and CEO Rachel Laser said the initial finding of Oklahoma medical examiner’s office that Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old, nonbinary public school student, died by suicide after they were allegedly beaten by fellow students does not absolve Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters or Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok of their culpability. 

Chaplains, faith groups, and civil rights organizations oppose public-school chaplains

Mar 06, 2024

In three open letters to state lawmakers, Americans United joins more than two hundred individual chaplains and dozens of faith groups and civil rights organizations to speak out against proposed state legislation seeking to install public-school chaplains across the country.

Americans United applauds Biden administration for restoring religious freedom protections for people using government-funded social services

Mar 01, 2024

Americans United applauded the Biden administration finalizing rules that reinstitute religious freedom protections for people who use federally funded social services, like food banks, homeless and domestic violence shelters, job training, and elder care.

Americans United criticizes Oklahoma officials for anti-LGBTQ+ crusade in the wake of Nex Benedict’s death

Feb 21, 2024

In the wake of the death of 16-year-old non-binary public school student Nex Benedict, Americans United President and CEO Rachel Laser criticized Oklahoma officials who have launched a crusade to force fundamentalist Christianity into the public schools, with a cruel focus on trans youth.

Americans United denounces Alabama Supreme Court decision on IVF that imposes religious beliefs on all Alabamians

Feb 20, 2024

Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser denounced the Alabama Supreme Court IVF decision that imposes on all Alabamians a policy rooted in religious theology about the origins of life.