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Friend,
The project to insert Christian nationalism into our state laws is back. Will you help Americans United expose and defeat it?
Just a few weeks ago, a sharp-eyed researcher tracked down a copy of the latest Project Blitz playbook—a lengthy collection of dangerous legislative language and strategies to Christianize America, one state at a time. It’s basically a legislative shopping catalog for religious extremists and their lawmaker allies.
The list of bills ranges from bad to worse, and the titles speak for themselves:
- Bible Literacy Act
- Ten Commandments Display Act
- Student Prayer Certification Act
- Model Policy for Invocations of School Sporting Events
On and on (and on) it goes, delivered to like-minded legislators in nearly every state. Thanks to Americans United and our allies’ hard work—and your vital support—most of these radical bills have failed in state legislatures.
The negative media and public attention we ignited forced Project Blitz underground with an innocuous and laughably misleading new name (“Freedom for All”) and less brazen self-promotion. (“Exposure was the key to success,” acknowledged a Salon article last weekend. “Efforts since 2018 … organized by Americans United and Blitz Watch have also shown that it's possible to defend democracy and its institutions against (this) secretive and formidable opponent…”)*
But its mission is more dangerous than ever, and the inflamed determination of religious radicals is enabling them to make headway.
We underestimate this crusade at our peril. Help expose this latest playbook and rally principled lawmakers to shut these bills down. Click here to make a $35 donation to Americans United right now.
Beyond advancing dangerous legislation, the movement behind Project Blitz is working equally hard to elect dangerous legislators. It’s a chilling preview of the theocratic state that Christian nationalists see as their goal. And every Project Blitz measure that is introduced and debated—whether it passes or not—normalizes their radical agenda and chips away at our already teetering wall of separation between religion and government.
That’s why we need to keep fighting Project Blitz. Your contribution is essential to that effort, and we need your support right now. Please send the most generous contribution you can to AU by clicking here.
It is absolutely pivotal that we keep well-funded and relentless groups like Project Blitz in check. Americans United—and you—are the most formidable line of defense.
Please send the power of your support today.
In solidarity,
Rachel K. Laser
President and CEO
*Click here to read essay at Salon, "The Christian nationalist assault on democracy goes stealth — but the pushback is working"
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