News From The Week Of February 24 – 28, 2020

Friend:

The Supreme Court announced deeply troubling news this week: The Court will hear Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case that could determine if government-funded foster care agencies can turn away qualified prospective parents who are LGBTQ or the “wrong” religion.

As I made clear in my press statement, the best interests of children must be our government’s top priority, not the religious views of a taxpayer-funded agency (you can read my statement here: [link removed]).

No child should lose out on a safe home with a loving family just because a couple cannot meet a religious litmus test. Yet that’s exactly what happened in Philadelphia and states across the country – including South Carolina, where the Trump administration and state officials gave an evangelical Protestant agency the green light to reject our client Aimee Maddonna solely because she’s Catholic. Americans United is representing Aimee in court, and we continue to fight government-supported religious discrimination everywhere we can.


Now that the foster care issue has reached the Supreme Court, AU has the important job of helping the American people understand its ramifications and organizing our allies to urge the justices to put America’s children first.


It’s your support that enables us to play this critical role. Thank you for being with us, friend.


In solidarity,


Rachel K. Laser
President and CEO


P.S. Since AU’s founding, part of our mission has included fiercely defending public schools, which are obligated to treat all of our children the same no matter what the family’s belief system. This week was Public Schools Week, and I want to thank everyone who urged their representatives to support public schoolchildren and oppose private school voucher schemes. If you haven’t sent your message yet, there’s still time. Click here to contact your legislators now – it only takes a minute: [link removed]

Public Schools Serve The Public Good:
During Public Schools Week, we must recommit ourselves to defend the educational system that serves 90 percent of America’s children.
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Five Reasons To Love America’s Public Schools:
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Five Threats To America’s Public School System:
As we celebrate the achievements of our public school system, we also must be aware of the threats the system faces. After all, to best defend the schools, you need to know who and what is out to undermine them.
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