Top Church-State Stories from 2020

Friend:

Happy New Year! 2020 was, without question, a rough year. Those of us who work every day to protect and expand church-state separation had to roll with the punches along with everyone else.

But I hope, as I write to you on the second day of 2021, that what lies ahead is a year full of opportunities to restore the damage done to the bedrock American principle of religious freedom by the Trump administration and its allies.

As is made clear by AU’s agenda for the Biden-Harris administration ([link removed]), we see this year as a chance to go beyond repairing the separation of religion and government and begin strengthening it for future generations.

On our blog, AU’s Liz Hayes wrote about the biggest church-state stories of 2020 ([link removed]), and as we turn the page to 2021, I’ve gathered a few of those biggest moments in the blog posts below.

I hope you can take a few moments to read about these stand-out stories, and then join me in closing the book on 2020 for good.

Best wishes in the new year,

Rob Boston
Editor of Church & State magazine, AU Senior Adviser

Top Church-State Separation Stories Of 2020:
There’s no getting around it: 2020 was a rough year, and freedom of religion wasn’t spared. As we look to 2021 with hope that we can restore and protect the separation of religion and government, here’s a reflection on the biggest church-state stories of 2020.
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Church-State Separation Has Taken A Beating Over The Past Four Years. Americans United Has A Plan To Fix That:
Our “Agenda to Restore and Protect Religious Freedom” is a bold plan put together by the experts in AU’s Public Policy Department.
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Five Takeaways From The Supreme Court's Ruling On Vouchers:
Ruling 5-4, the Supreme Court held that the Montana Supreme Court was wrong when it invalidated a tax-credit voucher program because it included religious schools.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Justice For All:
Ginsburg understood that religious freedom should not be used to take away the rights of others or cause them harm.
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