Friend:

I’m happy to be writing to you again after taking some time to see family and mark some important milestones. I hope that you too have been able to hug some family and friends now that so many of us are vaccinated and restrictions have eased.

As the country marks the beginning of summer, so does AU! Next week we will begin welcoming our 2021 Summer Interns. This year’s group of nine is incredibly talented, smart, and eager to join us in the timely and fulfilling work of protecting church-state separation and expanding religious freedom for all.

We are also anxiously awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision in Fulton v. Philadelphia, the most important religious freedom case this term. Fulton is about whether a government-funded foster care agency can use its religious beliefs to turn away qualified LGBTQ prospective parents, so it seems particularly ironic that the decision is set to come down at this cusp of National Foster Care Month (May) and LGBTQ Pride Month (June). The ruling in this case could drastically broaden the ability of taxpayer-funded agencies to discriminate based on their religious beliefs – in foster care but also more broadly, across many social services that vulnerable people rely on.

The Supreme Court could rule any day now. I urge you to RSVP to the #DecisionDay Virtual Rally that I’m planning to speak at, and Virtual Town Hall that AU and allied organizations are preparing for when that day comes. You’ll get full access to expert analysis and breakdowns of what the decision means for the future of religious freedom.

Regardless of the outcome, you can count on AU to continue leading the fight to end discrimination based on religion. If you want to help us continue to fight back strategically, click here to donate in support of our legal efforts.

We’re all in this together, friend, and nothing makes that more clear than when we join together to protect the principles we hold dear.

In solidarity,