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The right to practice religion, or no religion at all, is among the most fundamental of the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The ACLU works to ensure that this essential freedom is protected by keeping the government out of religion. Learn more about how the ACLU works to preserve Freedom of Religion and Belief and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans.


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MEPS Policy Allowing Equal Access to Facilities (12/18/2008)

ACLU Statement On Texas Appellate Court Decision Regarding Yearning For Zion Ranch (05/22/2008)

ACLU of Maryland Letter to Vice Admiral Jeffrey L. Fowler, United States Naval Academy (05/02/2008)

ACLU Statement On The Government's Actions Regarding The Yearning For Zion Ranch In Eldorado, Texas (05/02/2008)

Christmas and the ACLU (12/13/2007)

Letter from Jeremy Gunn to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (07/24/2007)

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights held a hearing on June 1, 2007, entitled "The Blaine Amendments and Anti-Catholicism." The ACLU sent a letter to the Commission arguing that although opponents of the so-called "Blaine amendments" (state laws prohibiting government funding of religious education) misleadingly raise the specter of anti-Catholic bias as a reason for repeal, opponents are not able to cite any examples during the last one hundred years where laws have in fact relied on Blaine amendments to justify anti-Catholic bias. Thus "anti-Catholic bias" is a pretext to disguise the real reason opponents want to repeal the Blaine amendments. They want to use taxpayer dollars to pay for religious activities. The Commission's statutory mandate is to focus on discrimination, not to seek pretexts to promote taxpayer funding of religious education.

 

What Odessa, Texas, Parents Say about Religious Bible Teachings in Public Schools (05/16/2007)

Statement on The Bible in Public Schools: A First Amendment Guide (05/09/2007)

The ACLU and Freedom of Religion and Belief (11/03/2006)

"Public Expression of Religion Act" Threatens Religious Freedom (09/27/2006)
Background, news and resources about the Public Expression of Religion Act.

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