Allowing the U.S. House of Representatives to prohibit secular invocations excludes millions of Americans who identify as non-theist, agnostic, spiritual but not religious or “nones,” relegating them to the status of second-class citizenship.

The Muslim ban feeds stereotypes, fuels intolerance and fosters anti-Muslim bias. We are a better nation than this, and the NO BAN Act will go a long way toward removing the stain of religious discrimination that has defiled our country in recent years.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Feb. 28 endorsed a bill in Congress that would allocate billions to support private and religious schools through a backdoor voucher scheme.