White Christian nationalism is the dangerous belief that America is – and must remain – a Christian nation founded for its white Christian inhabitants, and that our laws and policies must reflect this premise. Denying the separation of church and state promised by our Constitution, white Christian nationalists oppose equality for people of color, women, LGBTQ people, religious minorities, and the nonreligious.
Americans United has been fighting white Christian nationalism under its various names and guises for decades, and we have won key battles in legislatures and the courts. We believe that only separation of church and state protects the free exercise of religion and a government of, by, and for the people. All people.
More than 400 Evangelical leaders condemned the “heresy of Christian Nationalism” after the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol insurrection. The insurrectionists prominently displayed crosses and other Christian symbols, and also led prayers for victory in Jesus’ name at the Senate podium.
The 20 percent of white Americans who strongly embrace Christian nationalism – about 30 million adults – are more likely to believe that we make it “too easy to vote” in the U.S.
Americans United has been shining a spotlight on Project Blitz since its inception. We’ve forced underground this still-active white Christian nationalist effort to impose a narrow set of religious beliefs onto the rest of us through passage of increasingly ambitious and discriminatory state laws.
Church-state separation is the foundation of religious freedom in the United States, protecting many of our most fundamental rights: LGBTQ equality, reproductive freedom, inclusive public education, and more. Now, those freedoms are under threat. Join our movement and pledge to uphold church-state separation.
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