American Atheists files amicus briefs in cases related to religious freedom to ensure courts hear from the experts on our issues.
The two briefs highlight the Trump Administration’s continued attacks on civil rights organizations representing minority communities and those disfavored by Christian Nationalists.
This week, American Atheists filed amicus briefs in two key cases before the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to uphold longstanding precedent to protect secular public schools in the United States.
The brief argues that Catholic Charities is harming workers and violating the Constitution by seeking a tax exemption based solely on a profession of religious belief.
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lawsuit brought by the Christian nationalist law firm, Alliance Defending Freedom, seeking to prevent millions of Americans from accessing the safe and effective abortion medication.
“When officials use their social media to conduct government business and create forums to receive feedback from constituents, those forums must be open to everyone, not just those who agree with the officials’ religion or policy positions.”
According to the amicus brief filed by American Atheists today, Kennedy is asking the Supreme Court to create a new “right” from whole cloth, one that would require the government to give almost complete deference to the speech of employees on the job if that speech is rooted in their religious beliefs.
If the Supreme Court rules that private schools can teach religious curricula yet still receive government funding, church-state separation safeguards that protect atheist and religious minority families would no longer apply.
“No government should force subjective and controversial religious beliefs onto those seeking medical care, least of all when it is, as Justice Ginsburg once said, something as central to a person’s life, dignity, and well-being as the choice whether to bear a child.”
“A religious exemption that privileges the religious views of employers while harming workers and their children does not accommodate religion, but instead amounts to an unconstitutional establishment of religion.”
