News From The Week Of March 22 – March 26, 2021

Friend:

I’m filling in for Rachel this week while she meets with AU’s Board of Trustees to continue planning for AU’s future. I’m excited to report that even as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second spring, AU’s work on multiple fronts is going full-steam ahead.

As you might have seen in our Church & State magazine cover story this month, AU’s Youth Activists are preparing to carry the fight for church-state separation into the future ([link removed]). Our first-ever 10 Youth Organizing Fellows meet every month to sharpen their church-state separation advocacy skills and strategize about how best to continue AU’s mission and outreach to the next generation.

You can learn more about AU’s Youth Fellows and their work here: [link removed]

One of the key items that all of AU’s activists and volunteers are focused on now is the Do No Harm Act, a piece of legislation that will ensure religious freedom cannot be misused to harm others. This week, in our webinar “The Do No Harm Act: What It Is and Why We Need It,” AU’s experts walked through the bill’s specifics and history, from its origins to where we are today, and shared tools that you can use to help educate others about the bill.

If you weren’t able to attend live, I urge you to watch the webinar here to learn more about this crucial legislation: [link removed]

Earlier this month, I wrote an op-ed for The Hill about this very bill – and I had quite a lot to say, given that I was there to witness President Bill Clinton sign the law that the Do No Harm Act seeks to repair. You can read “It’s time to fix an important religious freedom law” right here on The Hill’s website: [link removed]

And last but not least, don’t forget to check out AU’s Stop School Vouchers campaign, which launched last week. This digital campaign, complete with a brand-new AU online ad that highlights the voices of students in the private school voucher debate, makes it clear that forcing taxpayers to fund private religious education is a fundamental violation of religious freedom and church-state separation. Check it out right here: [link removed]

Thanks for being with us and making all of these projects possible, friend.

Sincerely,

Rob Boston
AU Senior Adviser, Editor of Church & State

Nightmare For Christian Nationalists: New Poll Shows Wide Support For LGBTQ Rights:
A new report from Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) shows remarkably broad support for protecting LGBTQ Americans from discrimination.
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Ten Commandments Displays In Public Schools Are Still Unconstitutional:
Displaying the Ten Commandments in a public school would violate the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court held that more than 40 years ago in the case Stone v. Graham.
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Attention, High School Juniors And Seniors: Raise Your Voice Through AU’s Student Essay Contest:
This year’s Student Essay Contest invites high schoolers to reflect on the impact the Do No Harm Act would have, weaving together personal experience and well-researched information on current and/or historical events.
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Sore Loser Christian Nationalists Ramp Up Push For Voter Suppression:
Christian nationalists and their allies in state legislatures are targeting mail-in voting, which many progressives used in 2020.
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