AU Supporter,

I am blown away! In the four years I have been with AU, I have never seen anything like this. The support for our work on Kennedy v. Bremerton School District has been overwhelming.

It proves what I said in my email: They don’t have what we have—you.

We need your support to fight back against First Liberty, the shadow network behind them, and the war chests fueling the opponents of our Constitution’s promise of religious freedom for all. Help us in this fight with a contribution today in support of Monday’s oral arguments and all the work we have ahead of us.

In solidarity and strength,
Rachel

 
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From: Rachel Laser, AU <[email protected]>
Date: Tues, Apr 19, 2022 at 11:05 am
Subject: Opposition raising $1M against church-state separation
To: <[email protected]>
 

Dear AU Supporter,

With less than a week before oral arguments in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District—one of the most consequential cases for church-state separation and religious freedom in decades—the opposition’s lawyers, First Liberty Institute, have DOUBLED DOWN. They’re looking to add another MILLION DOLLARS to their well-funded crusade, announcing a $500,000 matching-donation program to raise money off this case.

But, they don’t have what we have—you. We need your support to stop them. Help us in this fight with a contribution today.

The only way AU is able to argue in front of the Supreme Court and defend church-state separation and religious freedom is because of you.

We’re on very dangerous ground if the Supreme Court is considering overturning decades of established law that prevents government employees from pressuring students to pray in public schools. It would be a radical departure from the accepted constitutional standard supported by both liberal and conservative Justices for more than half a century.

It won’t stop here. We need your support to fight back. Please help with a donation right now.

Our opposition is bigger than one individual—we’re arguing against a vast and powerful shadow network of groups and individuals dead set on imposing their religious and political beliefs on our country.

More than 50 extremist organizations, with well-known conservative backers like the Kochs, Bradleys, and DeVoses, have weighed in on behalf of the coach, and are working to persuade the court’s conservative majority to corrupt the Constitutional meaning of religious freedom even more than it already has been.

Many of these operatives you’ll recognize:

They’re fixated on using legislation and the courts to create a country where we all live under their extremist ideas and laws.

You have the power to make a direct impact by contributing to AU’s efforts today.

Thank you for being in this fight with us, when it counts most. Together we will work to uphold a core principle of our democracy.

With hope and determination,

Rachel K. Laser
President and CEO