Federal Policy

“True religious freedom — the kind our nation’s founders enshrined in the Constitution — protects and treats equally people of all faiths and of none. It’s very clear this administration is only concerned about Americans of a certain faith.” 

By portraying non-Christians, and particularly Muslims, as threats rather than as people equally entitled to constitutional protections, this administration is reinforcing a dangerous framework in which civil rights are not universally guaranteed.

Far from saving taxpayers money, privatization policies have proven to be egregiously, unsustainably expensive and rife with abuse

Kennedy’s views regarding science, medicine, and public health are not just incorrect; they’re dangerous.

The committee’s politically motivated attacks minimize these threats and put the lives of nonreligious people, including those who participated in the program, at risk.

The final rules rescind and replace harmful Trump-era policies that undermined Americans’ constitutional rights and stripped away much-needed safeguards against religious-based discrimination.

The rule rescinds significant portions of a 2019 rule that would have allowed health care providers and other entities involved in patient care to discriminate against patients and deny necessary treatment on the basis of religion.

“The Biden Administration’s guidance protects families from Christian nationalists’ hypocritical attempts to foster coercive religious exercise in schools.”

“In America, no one’s ability to get vital services should depend on whether they share the religious beliefs of organizations the government selects to be providers.”

American Atheists praised the Biden Administration for acting to restore critical religious equality and civil rights protections for people who receive government-funded social services from religiously affiliated providers.