“This is yet another example of the Trump administration using religion to advance a regressive political agenda that harms others. And this time, the target is not only religious minorities but also our most vulnerable children – those in need of loving homes,” said Rachel Laser, president & CEO of Americans United.

Trying to improperly broaden the Supreme Court’s narrow Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling, Religious Right legal groups are steering businesses to courts across the country, where business owners are seeking the right to slam their doors shut on customers who don’t live by the owners’ religious beliefs.

“In 2018 in America, a business owner should not be able to slam the door shut on someone who doesn’t live by the owner’s religious beliefs,” said Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United. “Phoenix’s antidiscrimination laws and all civil rights laws in this country embody our shared values, and we can’t coexist if we use our individual religious beliefs to trump those values in a way that harms others."