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American Atheists Urges Supreme Court Not to Impose Blasphemy Law, Warns of Deluge of Atheist Lawsuits

August 20, 2020 American Atheists Legal

Washington, D.C.—Today, the civil rights organization American Atheists, in an amicus brief for the upcoming Supreme Court case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, urged the Justices to refrain from restricting free speech and conjuring a de facto blasphemy law into existence from the bench....

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American Atheists Blasts DeVos’s Assault on Religious Freedom and Vulnerable Minority Groups

August 10, 2020 American Atheists Public Policy

Washington, D.C.—Today, American Atheists denounced guidance released by the Department of Education on Friday that uses language of religious freedom to attack the separation of religion and government, the very principle that allows for the religious freedom that every American enjoys....

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37 Civil Rights Organizations Ask Department of Education to Ensure Protections for Religious Minority and Nonreligious Students in Collecting Civil Rights Data

August 6, 2020 American Atheists Public Policy

Washington, D.C.—Today, American Atheists joined 36 other civil rights organizations in offering improvements to how the U.S. Department of Education plans to collect civil rights data about students....

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Department of Education Could Put Atheist Students in Harm’s Way

August 3, 2020 American Atheists Public Policy

Washington, D.C.—Today, American Atheists warned the U.S. Department of Education that its proposal to collect religious bullying data could result in anti-atheist bullying....

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Tell Congress to Protect Church/State Separation in Senate COVID Relief Bill!

July 31, 2020 American Atheists Action Alert

Congress is considering coronavirus relief bills to provide much-needed funds for businesses, schools, and unemployment programs during this pandemic....

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Atheists Denounce DeVos’ Plan to Enrich Religious Schools

July 28, 2020 American Atheists Public Policy

Washington, D.C.—Today, the civil rights organization American Atheists denounced Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s plan to force school districts to redirect coronavirus relief funds from public schools to private, religious schools....

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Stop the DeVos Agenda of Diverting Funds to Religious Schools

July 28, 2020 American Atheists Action Alert

Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is at it again, pursuing her agenda to fund private, religious instruction at the expense of public schools....

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Trump Administration Justifies Throwing Trans People Out of Shelters with Religion

July 23, 2020 American Atheists Statements

Washington, D.C.—Today, the civil rights organization American Atheists condemned the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposed rule that would exclude transgender people from taxpayer funded shelters—all in the name of a distorted, discriminatory interpretation of religious freedom....

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