"The separation of church and state should be of deep concern to every Jewish American and any other religious minority. In honor of Shavuot – and any other religious observance – we must continue to fight for freedom of religion and separation of church and state, and elect those who will defend both as we celebrate America’s 250th year."

Shabbat Shalom,
Halie Soifer
CEO, Jewish Democratic Council of America

Read the Article: https://jewishdems.substack.com/p/america-is-not-a-christian-nation

#SeparationOfChurchAndState #ReligiousFreedom #FreedomOfReligion #HumanRights #CivilRights #USPol #ChristianNationalism

Freethought Radio – May 21, 2026

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-may-21-2026/

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins being sued by federal employees for using official email to send religious messages "proselytizing" for Christianity.
#brookerollins
#USDA
#separationofchurchandstate
#ChristianNationalism

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/usda-employees-lawsuit-rollins-easter-00918623

"The separation of church and state has long been a bedrock principle of American democracy." -- NY Times

"The founders were explicitly pushing back against an assumption that persisted through the Middle Ages, that states needed common religious preference to unite people." -- historian Joseph Ellis

#separationofchurchandstate https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/trump-prayer-rally-national-mall.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

FFRF and Faithful America host protest event during Trump’s all-day Sunday PrayerFest

https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-and-faithful-america-host-protest-event-during-trumps-all-day-sunday-prayerfest/

“This government-sponsored prayer fest is the epitome of exactly what our secular Constitution forbids our government from doing: putting on church, placing its imprimatur on religion and conferring governmental blessings to a particular faith that can only be called MAGA Christianity,” Gaylor says. “It is a fusion not only of church and state, but also of our federal government with Christian nationalism.”

#SeparationOfChurchAndState

#KeepGodInYourOwnHead #protest #worship #destroyingAmerica #America #DC #WashingtonDC #news #worldnews #resist #trumpadministration

Freethought Radio – May 14, 2026

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://ffrf.org/news/freethought-radio/freethought-today-may-14-2026/

Christian Nationalists often...cite the Declaration of Independence, specifically some of its godly language. Andrew L. Seidel dismantled these claims in his 2019 book The Founding Myth ...you may find the arguments & history useful...as misinformation is shared about the nation’s 250th birthday.

Get the Book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-founding-myth-why-christian-nationalism-is-un-american-andrew-l-seidel/c73fdc89969cafde

Article Link: https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/articles/excerpts-from-the-founding-myth-why-christian-nationalism-is-un-american/

May Issue Link: https://www.au.org/the-latest/church-and-state/may-2026-church-state-magazine/

#SeparationOfChurchAndState #HumanRights #CivilRights #Constitution #Bookstodon