April 2019

Fostering Discrimination: Catholic Aimee Maddonna Wants To Help Children in Foster Care In South Carolina. Why Are State Officials And President Trump Determined To Stop Her?

Liz Hayes

Americans United filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Aimee Maddonna, a Catholic mother of three, to stop the federal government and South Carolina from authorizing and encouraging taxpayer-funded foster-care agencies to use religion as the basis for discrimination against prospective parents and volunteers like Aimee.

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In this issue

Americans Can Disagree On Faith – And Still Be United

Apr 01, 2019 Rachel Laser

Teaching About The Bible In Public Schools: How To Do It Right

Mar 30, 2019 Rob Boston

Teaching Or Preaching? Religious Right Groups And Their Legislative Allies Say They Want ‘Bible Literacy’ In Public Schools – But Are They Really After Something Else?

Mar 30, 2019 Rob Boston

Get Organized! Meet Sarah Gillooly, Americans United’s New Vice President For State Outreach And Engagement

Mar 30, 2019 Rob Boston

Honor Them All! AU’s Laser Calls For Inclusive Memorials During Supreme Court Rally

Mar 01, 2019 Rachel Laser

States Consider Ending Religious Exemptions From Vaccine Requirements

Apr 01, 2019 Rob Boston

Americans United Accepting Submissions For 2019 Student Essay Contest

Apr 01, 2019 Rob Boston

Fighting Private School Voucher Proposals In West Virginia And Other States

Apr 01, 2019 Rob Boston

Trump Administration Calls For $5 Billion To Fund Backdoor Voucher Plan

Mar 18, 2019 Rob Boston

AU And Allies File Brief In Washington Case Challenging Flower Shop’s Discrimination

Mar 15, 2019 Rob Boston

Missouri Lawmaker Wants To Force Church-State Plaintiffs To Use Their Real Names

Mar 15, 2019 Rob Boston

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Case Challenging Maryland Cross

Mar 04, 2019

Soul Garments: Only Separation Of Church And State Can Protect Freedom Of Conscience

Apr 02, 2019

The Voucher Scam: A Boon To Discrimination Funded By Taxpayers

Apr 01, 2019

Pay Your Own Way: In America, Religion Must Spurn Tax Aid

Apr 01, 2019

AU In Action: Staff Members And Activists Spread The Word About Separation

Apr 01, 2019 Rob Boston

Brazilian President Backs Religious Right Legislation

Apr 02, 2019 Rob Boston

‘Abstinence-Only’ Sex Education May End In Colorado

Apr 02, 2019 Rob Boston

Colorado Officials Drop New Inquiry Into Anti-LGBTQ Bakery

Apr 02, 2019 Rob Boston

Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Hawaii B&B Case

Apr 01, 2019 Rob Boston

Boston Doesn’t Have To Fly Christian Flag, AU Tells Court

Mar 15, 2019 Rob Boston

Supreme Court Won’t Hear New Jersey Tax Aid Case

Mar 15, 2019 Rob Boston

Do No Harm Act Reintroduced In U.S. Congress

Mar 01, 2019 Rob Boston

BREAKING NEWS

Americans United & the National Women’s Law Center file suit to challenge Missouri’s abortion bans.

Abortion bans violate the separation of church and state. Americans United and the National Women’s Law Center—the leading experts in religious freedom and gender justice—have joined forces with thirteen clergy from six faith traditions to challenge Missouri’s abortion bans as unconstitutionally imposing one narrow religious doctrine on everyone.

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Fostering Discrimination: Catholic Aimee Maddonna Wants To Help Children in Foster Care In South Carolina. Why Are State Officials And President Trump Determined To Stop Her?

Americans Can Disagree On Faith – And Still Be United

Teaching About The Bible In Public Schools: How To Do It Right

Teaching Or Preaching? Religious Right Groups And Their Legislative Allies Say They Want ‘Bible Literacy’ In Public Schools – But Are They Really After Something Else?

Get Organized! Meet Sarah Gillooly, Americans United’s New Vice President For State Outreach And Engagement

Honor Them All! AU’s Laser Calls For Inclusive Memorials During Supreme Court Rally

States Consider Ending Religious Exemptions From Vaccine Requirements

Americans United Accepting Submissions For 2019 Student Essay Contest

Fighting Private School Voucher Proposals In West Virginia And Other States

Trump Administration Calls For $5 Billion To Fund Backdoor Voucher Plan

AU And Allies File Brief In Washington Case Challenging Flower Shop’s Discrimination

Missouri Lawmaker Wants To Force Church-State Plaintiffs To Use Their Real Names

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Case Challenging Maryland Cross

Soul Garments: Only Separation Of Church And State Can Protect Freedom Of Conscience

The Voucher Scam: A Boon To Discrimination Funded By Taxpayers

Pay Your Own Way: In America, Religion Must Spurn Tax Aid

AU In Action: Staff Members And Activists Spread The Word About Separation

Brazilian President Backs Religious Right Legislation

‘Abstinence-Only’ Sex Education May End In Colorado

Colorado Officials Drop New Inquiry Into Anti-LGBTQ Bakery

Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Hawaii B&B Case

Boston Doesn’t Have To Fly Christian Flag, AU Tells Court

Supreme Court Won’t Hear New Jersey Tax Aid Case

Do No Harm Act Reintroduced In U.S. Congress

BREAKING NEWS

Americans United & the National Women’s Law Center file suit to challenge Missouri’s abortion bans.

Join the movement to protect religious freedom