First Amendment Fumble: Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Wash. Football Coach Who Wants To Pray With Students

Liz Hayes

Justice Sonia Sotomayor took the unusual step of including photos in her dissent – one shows Kennedy standing on the field circled by a crowd of kneeling student players with their heads bowed. Kennedy holds two football helmets in the air as he addresses the huddle.

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First Amendment Fumble: Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Wash. Football Coach Who Wants To Pray With Students

Moving Forward: Next Steps After A Punishing Supreme Court Term

Required Support: Maine Can’t Exclude Religious Schools From Taxpayer Aid Program, Supreme Court Rules

The End Of Roe: Supreme Court Overturns Landmark 1973 Abortion Rights Ruling

A Man On A Mission: The Rev. Barry W. Lynn Led Americans United For 25 Years, Spreading The Gospel Of Church-State Separation

Forward To The Future: AU Donor Barbara Meislin Hopes You’ll Support AU’s New Generation Of Leaders

Americans United In Action! Staff Members And Activists Support Church-State Separation

Colo. Religious School Teacher Wins Right To Pursue Claim Of Unlawful Dismissal

AU Announces Opening Of 2022 Essay Contest For High School Students

Christian Nationalists Blame Texas School Shootings On Teaching of Evolution

Tenn. Woman Wins Right To Foster Refugee Children In Federally Funded Program

Md. Candidate Checks Out LGBTQ-Themed Library Books To ‘Protect’ Children

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing On Far-Right Attacks On Public Education

Catholic Church Officials Oppose New Form Of Burial In California

Say It Out Loud! Behind The Debate Over Abortion, There Lies A Troubling Truth

Biden Issues Executive Order On LGBTQ Rights

N.Y. Religious Schools Resist Efforts At State Oversight

New S.C. Law Says Churches ‘Essential’ During Emergencies

Muslim-Themed Film Pulled From U.K. Theaters

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