In honor of the National Day of Prayer, President Donald Trump, with his Evangelical Advisory Board by his side, held a ceremony in the Rose Garden and signed an “Executive Order on the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative.” Under the guise of religious freedom, this executive order further entrenches the administration’s policies to allow religion to discriminate.
Kansas' Child-Welfare System Is In Crisis, But Legislators Are Making It Even Harder For Kids To Find Homes
In Kansas, dozens of foster children are spending their nights not in warm beds in safe homes, but on couches and cots in child welfare offices run by state contractors. These children need loving foster and adoptive families to provide the care they need. Yet, in spite of this crisis, Kansas legislators are trying to make it harder for these children to find families who can give them warm, safe beds.
Have You Or A Loved One Ever Been Discriminated Against Because Of Someone Else’s Religion? We Want To Hear Your Story.
Someone Else’s Religion Should Have No Power To Make You Invisible
Religious Right groups have worked hard to make the owner of the Colorado bakery that turned away Craig and Mullins into a victim of persecution and a hero. He is neither. He’s simply a person who wants to take an entire segment of our population and treat them poorly because of his narrow interpretation of a religious book.
Oklahoma Adoption Agencies Should Focus On Children And Reject Discrimination
Tomorrow, an Oklahoma House committee will take up Senate Bill 1140, a bill that would allow taxpayer-funded adoption and foster care entities to deny kids good homes in the name of religion.
Notre Dame’s Latest Decision Denies Students Their Right To Contraception
One Of More Than 200,000 Stories Explaining Why The Trump Administration Must Put Patients First
Time Is Running Out: Tell Trump Administration A Patient’s Health Should Always Come First
If you think that healthcare providers should always put patients first and that providers’ religious beliefs should never dictate patient care, we need you to tell the Trump administration today.
50th Anniversary Of Supreme Court Decision Reminds Us That Religious Freedom Is About Fairness
This week marks the 50th anniversary of Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, a landmark case in which the US Supreme Court held that a restaurant owner did not have a religious right to turn away black customers.
Michigan Case Brings Victory For Religious Freedom And Transgender Rights
A federal appeals court today issued a welcome decision in EEOC v. Harris Funeral Homes. The case involves a funeral home in Michigan whose owner fired an employee, Aimee Stephens, when she came out as transgender and announced that she would begin to wear women’s clothing. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued the business for unlawful employment discrimination.
Tell The Trump Administration: A Patient’s Health Should Always Come First
Opposition To Georgia’s Anti-LGBTQ Adoption Bill SB 375 Is Growing
Denied Opportunity To Become Foster Parents, LGBTQ Couple Sues Government For Using Religion As An Excuse To Discriminate
Lawmakers In Two States Consider Mean-Spirited ‘Parody Marriage’ Bills
Standing Together For The Separation Of Church And State
Georgia Adoption Bill Harms Children In The Name Of ‘Religious Freedom'
In Georgia, there are more than 14,000 children in foster care. Tomorrow morning at 8:00am, legislators there will debate a bill that would make it even harder for these children to find safe, stable, and loving homes.
State Legislatures Are Considering More Bills Than Ever to Allow College Student Groups to Use Religion to Discriminate
It’s February, and that means students across the country are back on college and university campuses for a new semester. One of the highlights of campus life is joining student groups. But in some states, students at public universities could be denied the opportunity to participate in a student club because of who they are.
Notre Dame Flip-Flops Again, Will Deny Women Access To Some Forms Of Birth Control
The University of Notre Dame has flip-flopped again: Notre Dame President the Rev. John Jenkins announced this month that university-sponsored health insurance plans for students and staff will stop covering some forms of birth control. The decision will affect more than 17,000 people who rely on the school for health insurance.
In A Victory For The Women We Represented, Americans United Dismisses Challenge To Harmful Contraception Rules
Today, Americans United dismissed our lawsuit challenging harmful rules issued by the Trump administration in October 2017 that allow employers and universities to cite religious or moral objections in order to deny employees and students health insurance coverage of contraception. Although the rules still remain in effect, our plaintiffs will have access to birth control due to some fortuitous events.