Press Releases
about Religious Liberty
Jan 08, 2020
Civil Rights and Religious Groups Urge Federal Appeals Court to Affirm That Maine Need Not Fund Religious Education
BOSTON – A federal appeals court will hear arguments today in a case regarding Maine’s school tuition payment program. Civil rights and religious organizations are urging the a...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Jan 03, 2020
ACLU Response to Appeal Seeking to Reinstate the Trump Administration’s Health Care Refusal Rule
NEW YORK — The Trump Administration announced today it would appeal a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decision striking down a rule to allow health care...
Issue Areas:
Reproductive Freedom
Religious Liberty
Dec 18, 2019
ACLU-MI Defends Amish Community’s Religious Freedom Against Lenawee County’s Threat to Bulldoze Homes
MORENCI, Mich. – Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) and the law firm Wright & Schulte, LLC counter-sued the Lenawee County Health Department for viol...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Dec 06, 2019
ACLU Opposes So-Called Fairness for All Act
WASHINGTON — In response to introduction of the so-called Fairness for All Act in the House of Representatives, Ronnie Newman, National Political Director for the American Civil ...
Issue Areas:
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Nov 18, 2019
ACLU Sues to Stop Official Prayers, Promotion of Religion by Tennessee School District
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit today challenging widespread promotion of religi...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
Court case: Butler v. Smith County
Nov 06, 2019
Civil Rights and Religious Groups Urge Federal Appeals Court to Affirm That Maine Need Not Fund Religious Education
BOSTON – A federal appeals court should reaffirm that Maine is not required to fund religious education as part of its tuition payment program, according to a friend-of-the-court...
Issue Areas:
Religious Liberty
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