Press Releases | American Civil Liberties Union

Mar 05, 2021

ACLU of Georgia Opposes Senate Bill 200, an Extreme, Dangerous, and Unnecessary Bill that Endangers Public Health and Safety

ATLANTA – The ACLU of Georgia opposes Senate Bill 200, a bill with extreme, dangerous, and unnecessary government restrictions on religion. “Under Senate Bill 200, religious in...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

Feb 22, 2021

Conscience Protection Bill in South Dakota Legislature Discriminatory, Harmful to Patients

Discriminatory legislation similar to a bill that was tabled last year found new life in the House State Affairs committee today as lawmakers voted to advance House Bill 1247. The ...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

Feb 04, 2021

South Dakota Lawmakers Need to Focus on Real Issues, Not Discriminatory Bills

Issues that matter most to South Dakotans are once again being ignored as some lawmakers introduce discriminatory legislation that’s strikingly similar to bills that were defeate...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty

Aug 20, 2020

Advocates Tell Supreme Court to Reject a License to Discriminate

A Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers — including Republican State Lawmakers and Democratic Leadership in Congress — Are Among Over 1000 Voices Filing at Least 46 Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Today

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty

Court case: Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

May 08, 2020

South Carolina Same-Sex Couple to Have Their Day in Court in Challenge to HHS and South Carolina Foster Care Policy

Lawsuit challenges HHS permitting a government-funded South Carolina foster care agency to reject applications from families that do not share its religious beliefs Greenville, S.C...

Issue Areas: LGBTQ Rights Religious Liberty

Court case: Rogers v. Health and Human Services

May 04, 2020

Judge Strikes Down Tennessee School Voucher Law

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Public school children in Tennessee won today when Davidson County Chancellor Anne C. Martin struck down the state’s private school voucher law, known as the...

Issue Areas: Religious Liberty

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