American Atheists analyzes legal decisions, particularly those from the U.S. Supreme Court, to help policymakers and the American people understand how those decisions will impact religious equality and the rights of atheists.
American Atheists President Nick Fish reacts to the leaking of a Supreme Court decision overturning Roe.
In reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in Shurtleff v. Boston, American Atheists expressed concern about the implications of the ruling.
American Atheists warns of far-reaching consequences if the Supreme Court rules in favor of Camp Constitution. The Justices would set the precedent that groups and individuals can force governments to fly the Protestant Flag.
Rather than extending its vaccine mandate to all students and staff, WMU’s policy only applies to certain groups, including student athletes.
In light of this development, the organizations and the department agreed to ask the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stay the lawsuit to give the department time to rescind its regulation.
“With this decision, the Court has continued to chip away at the core principle that laws should apply to everyone, regardless of religion. Whenever conflicts arise, the outcome too often favors conservative Christians, even if it twists the law in knots or contradicts fundamental legal principles.”
“With the courts consistently affirming that Americans’ First Amendment rights extend to online space controlled by the government, including government agencies’ social media pages, we have the law on our side—and we must use it.”
“Religious groups paid by the federal government to provide services must provide them with no strings attached—not hold them out as a carrot for participating in religious worship.”
“No students should ever be forced to subsidize clubs that discriminate against them. Students who are LGBTQ, religious minorities, nonreligious, or otherwise marginalized will especially be harmed by this rule.”
Today’s decision granted religious individuals—and only religious individuals—the right to sue federal officials personally for monetary damages using the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
