A Virginia city’s attempt to make its public council meetings more inclusive got off to a rocky start in July when audience members prayed aloud during a new moment of silence.

Federal courts in late May delivered opinions affirming the rights and dignity of transgender students in two cases in which Americans United had filed friend-of-the-court briefs.

Betsy DeVos and her allies want to exchange a proven system of success for one our founders rejected more than 230 years ago because it violates the right of conscience and doesn’t work. They want to impose a modern-day version of a church tax on the American people.