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Yesterday, Americans United led religious and civil rights allies in filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the justices to protect religious freedom by affirming that Montana taxpayers cannot be forced to pay for religious education.

Under the state’s private school voucher program, which the Montana Supreme Court struck down, 94 percent of vouchers issued funded private religious education. You'll be hearing a lot more from us about this case when the justices hear oral arguments in January. A bad ruling could significantly undermine church-state separation across the country. Click here to read more about it in my statement.

Here’s some good news: The administration’s attempt to use religion to discriminate against patients was dealt another blow this week. Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) introduced the Put Patients First Act, which would block Trump’s Denial of Care Rule entirely.

I’m encouraged to see Congress taking steps to implement important additional safeguards to protect our rights and our health at the same time as not one, but two federal judges have stopped this rule from going into effect next week.

Click here to see the video we released this week on the potential impact of the Denial of Care Rule.

Thanks to your lasting support, Americans United is leading the movement to prevent the misuse of religious freedom to cause harm to others and protect the separation of religion and government in the courts and on Capitol Hill. We will not stop fighting until we reclaim religious freedom as a principle that protects all people, not just some.

In solidarity,