Friend:

I’m filling in for Rachel while she’s on vacation with her family, and I’m happy to report that AU’s legal team scored an important victory this week in our ongoing efforts to stop religious discrimination against children and parents in the foster care system.

The U.S. District Court in South Carolina ruled that AU’s lawsuit on behalf of Aimee Maddonna will not be dismissed as both the state and federal governments had hoped, but can in fact proceed.

You might be familiar with Aimee’s story already: She is the mother of three from Simpsonville, S.C., who was turned away from helping children in foster care by a taxpayer-funded agency solely because she is Catholic – the “wrong” religion for the evangelical Christian Miracle Hill Ministries.

AU is fighting on Aimee’s behalf to ensure that no one in America faces that kind of religious discrimination again. Not only is it unconstitutional, but it also denies many children in foster care the loving homes that they deserve.

Click here to read the full statement issued by AU’s Senior Litigation Counsel Ken Upton.

There’s a lot going on in the world today, but Americans United remains focused on ensuring that religious freedom is a shield to protect people, not a sword used to harm others – especially vulnerable children in foster care and the families who want to help them. That’s why your support of AU is so critical.

Thanks to you, even in times like these, we can keep up the fight for true religious freedom wherever it comes under attack.

Sincerely,