Molly Gaines: Public schools, private religion: What happens when half the class leaves for Bible study?

"Secular Education Association (SEA) was formed by parents who started comparing notes when these programs appeared in their districts. SEA’s co-founder, Zachary Parrish, discovered that his second-grader was being placed in an uninstructed study hall while classmates left for LifeWise…"

#secularism #publicschools #education #religion #BibleStudy #AmericansUnited
https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/public-schools-private-religion-what-happens-when-half-the-class-leaves-for-bible-study/

Judge rules Americans United can’t intervene in Johnson Amendment case

#AmericansUnited #johnsonAmendment
https://religionnews.com/2026/01/05/judge-rules-americans-united-cant-intervene-in-nrb-johnson-amendment-case/

You won’t want to miss the January issue of AU’s Church & State magazine! The cover story details how you can oppose Christian Nationalism and defend church-state separation despite the challenges that Donald Trump’s second presidential term poses.

https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/january-2025-church-state-magazine/

While you’re there, I also encourage you to check out AU President and CEO Rachel Laser’s column encouraging religious freedom advocates to actively educate others about the un-American misinformation spread by Christian Nationalists; get a sneak peek into investigative journalist Katherine Stewart’s new book, Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy; and gain insight into the history behind the evolving relationship between Christian Nationalism and the U.S. military.

Happy reading!
Bruce Gourley
Editor, Church & State

#SeparationOfChurchAndState #ReligiousFreedom #CivilRights #ChristoFascism #AmericansUnited #ChristianNationalism

Report a Violation If you have been harmed by or have learned of conduct that you think may violate church-state separation or religious freedom, we may be able to help.

"What are some examples of violations?

• Discrimination by a public, publicly funded, or private entity based on your or its religious beliefs
• Prayer, proselytizing, or religious instruction at public-school events or classes
• Public funding of religious activity
• Discriminatory or proselytizing prayer practices at meetings of governmental bodies
• Displays of religious texts or symbols on public property

Not all conduct in these categories is unlawful. And there are other kinds of conduct that violate church-state law."

#americansunited #separationofchurchandstate
https://www.au.org/report-a-violation/

You can expect to see a lot more of this in red states - destroying democracy one inch at a time.

They can't win in a fair vote, so they rig the board.

https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/aware-that-most-americans-dont-agree-with-them-christian-nationalists-ramp-up-efforts-to-stop-us-from-voting/

#Vote
#AmericansUnited
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#CivilRights
#Democracy
#ChristoFascism
#ChristianNationalism
#WhiteNationalism

#Project2025 For Dummies: #AmericansUnited’s Toolkit Exposing #HeritageFoundation’s Toxic Project

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/bill-berkowitz/111011/project-2025-for-dummies-americans-united-s-toolkit-exposing-heritage-foundation-s-toxic-project

Rob Boston: New York Times columnist unmasks racism of Christian Nationalism

"It’s always interesting when a conservative Christian learns that Christian Nationalists can be, well, nasty people.

The latest person to figure this out is David French, a former writer for the National Review who’s now a columnist for The New York Times. In a recent gut-wrenching piece, French writes about being driven out of his church, which is affiliated with the conservative Presbyterian Church in America, after a barrage of online attacks on him and his wife.

French’s cardinal sin is that he’s not a fan of Donald Trump and has publicly said so. Some members of his church and online trolls attacked him for that, but a faction went much further and unleashed a fusillade of racist assaults on French and his wife because they had adopted a 2-year-old girl from Ethiopia in 2010."

#davidfrench #christiannationalism #nyt #americansunited
https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/french-nyt-cnracism24/?utm_source=blogdigest&utm_medium=email&sourceid=&emci=1d63853b-eb24-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&emdi=e7c63bf8-272b-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&ceid=3729163#