{"id":203,"date":"2021-11-12T00:53:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T00:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/au.test\/donate\/become-a-member\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T13:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:55:14","slug":"become-a-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/donate\/become-a-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Join Americans United"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"203\" class=\"elementor elementor-203\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-60b394d e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"60b394d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-498271a e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"498271a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-59ce7ee e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59ce7ee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed14cbf white-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed14cbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Join Americans United<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cadf66f black-text-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cadf66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">America needs a national recommitment to the separation of church and state. We the people must resurrect this founding principle and reject religious extremists\u2019 attempts to destroy it.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-8436a34 e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8436a34\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df81d92 elementor-view-framed bounce-arrow elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"df81d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-0c6fa8a e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c6fa8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6337d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3e6337d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"#XMCEQEKZ\" style=\"display: none\"><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-d7fd891 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7fd891\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-3594953 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3594953\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fffb5b black-text-no-line elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fffb5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thank you for Joining Americans United!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-300dac7 black-text-link elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"300dac7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><div class=\"-t:12\"><p>Thank you for joining us in the fight to protect your right to live as yourself and believe as you choose.<\/p><p>A powerful alliance of Christian Nationalist groups, billionaires and politicians is trying to destroy our democracy by undermining church-state separation and declaring America a \u201cChristian nation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>As a member of Americans United, you will join people of faith as well as nonbelievers from across the country who care about equality, protecting marginalized communities, and ensuring freedom for people of all beliefs.<\/p><p><strong>A donation of $35 or more includes your AU membership and a subscription to <em>Church &amp; State<\/em>\u00a0magazine. Tax-deductibility information will be included in your email receipt.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9524cb2 elementor-blockquote--skin-clean elementor-blockquote--align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"9524cb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\"I\u2019m a great believer in putting money behind beliefs and there are no organizations I care about as much as AU!\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">STEPHANIE M. 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