In the wake of measles outbreaks in several states, legislators are considering bills that would limit or end religion-based exemptions from mandatory vaccines.

Americans United, joined by a dozen religious freedom advocacy organizations, urged the Washington state Supreme Court on March 5 to affirm that a flower shop can’t misuse religious freedom to deny service to LGBTQ couples.

“It is unfathomable that in 2019, businesses are still seeking the legal right to discriminate against people who don’t live by the owner’s religious beliefs,” said AU President & CEO Rachel Laser. “Our society and our courts rejected this thinking decades ago when we declared that businesses open to the public must be open to all and that religious beliefs could not be used as a basis for discrimination."