{"id":215,"date":"2021-11-12T00:53:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T00:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/au.test\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/litigation\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T23:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T03:01:33","slug":"litigation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/litigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Litigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"215\" class=\"elementor elementor-215\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-9cd3031 e-flex e-con-boxed ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9cd3031\" 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-7aaaf8f e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7aaaf8f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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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<p>Americans United\u2019s Legal Department defends church-state separation by going to court on behalf of people whose religious-freedom rights have been violated; by contacting school districts, municipalities, and state and federal agencies to resolve constitutional violations without litigation; and by contributing our expertise through friend-of-the-court briefs in cases nationwide.<\/p>\t\t\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-35c44e9 e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35c44e9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e357287 icon-list-right elementor-tablet-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">OUR LITIGATION<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14bdbf2 elementor-posts--thumbnail-none elementor-posts__hover-none elementor-grid-tablet-1 elementor-grid-laptop-2 elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"14bdbf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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issue_tax-schools-and-learning issue_tax-teaching-religion-in-public-schools case_type-counsel case_status-ongoing case_court-u-s-district-court\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/legal-cases\/cases\/stinson-v-fayetteville-school-district-no-1\/\">\n\t\t\t\tStinson v. Fayetteville School District No. 1\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Arkansas public schools enroll upwards of 470,000 students. These students and their families adhere to an array of faiths, and many do not practice any<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 24, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-41430 case type-case status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry issue_tax-religious-displays issue_tax-government-supported-religion-2 case_type-counsel case_status-ongoing case_court-state-court\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/legal-cases\/cases\/fitzmaurice-v-city-of-quincy\/\">\n\t\t\t\tFitzmaurice v. City of Quincy\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The city of Quincy, Massachusetts, plans to install two large religious statues of Catholic saints at the entrance of the city\u2019s new public safety building.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tOctober 14, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-42622 case type-case status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry issue_tax-schools-and-learning issue_tax-teaching-religion-in-public-schools case_type-counsel case_status-ongoing case_court-u-s-district-court\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/legal-cases\/cases\/texas-ten-commandments-lawsuit\/\">\n\t\t\t\tTexas Ten Commandments Lawsuits\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Texas public schools enroll upwards of 5.5 million students. These students and their families adhere to an array of faiths, and many do not practice<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tSeptember 22, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-31712 case type-case status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry issue_tax-nontheist-atheist-humanist issue_tax-schools-and-learning issue_tax-religious-discrimination-in-schools issue_tax-government-supported-religion-2 issue_tax-teaching-religion-in-public-schools issue_tax-white-christian-nationalism case_type-counsel case_status-ongoing case_court-state-court\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/legal-cases\/cases\/rev-lori-walke-v-ryan-walters\/\">\n\t\t\t\tOklahoma Bible Mandate Lawsuit\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is trying to spend millions of Oklahoma taxpayer dollars to put a Bible in every fifth- through<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__meta-data\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-date\">\n\t\t\tSeptember 14, 2025\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-42565 case type-case status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry issue_tax-schools-and-learning issue_tax-teaching-religion-in-public-schools case_type-counsel case_status-ongoing case_court-state-court\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.au.org\/how-we-protect-religious-freedom\/legal-cases\/cases\/rev-randall-v-walters\/\">\n\t\t\t\tRev. 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ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6586c18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"has_ae_slider elementor-element elementor-element-4984d3e e-con-full e-flex ae-bg-gallery-type-default e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4984d3e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496f7dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"496f7dc\" 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\">We\u2019ve Been Securing Religious Freedom in the Courts for Decades<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4388396 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" 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elementor-tablet-align-justify elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"586a728\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/about-au\/victories\/?_gl=1*r48tt7*_ga*OTk0NjAyMTU2LjE2NzI5ODgzODc.*_ga_ZH02E20GTC*MTcxNzYwODg3MS4zNi4wLjE3MTc2MDg4NzEuNjAuMC4xNTExMzMzNDQx\" title=\"Take Action\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">SEE ALL OUR VICTORIES<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-451a7c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-timeline\" data-id=\"451a7c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-timeline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-jet-timeline jet-elements\"><div class=\"jet-timeline jet-timeline--align-left jet-timeline--align-top\">\n\t<div class=\"jet-timeline__line\"><div class=\"jet-timeline__line-progress\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"jet-timeline-list\"><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-975db65 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2022<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Easter v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services<\/h3><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">Our lawsuit caused a religious foster-care agency to stop discriminating against a lesbian woman who wanted to foster refugee children.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"timeline-item__point-content timeline-item__point-content--icon\"><span class=\"jet-elements-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2022<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-946316c jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2019<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Challenges to Trump Administration \u201cDenial of Care\u201d Rule:<\/h3><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">We blocked a Trump Administration regulation that would allow healthcare providers and employees to use their religious or moral beliefs as a basis to refuse to assist patients.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"timeline-item__point-content timeline-item__point-content--icon\"><span class=\"jet-elements-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2019<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-20cab64 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2015<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">LaRue v. Douglas County School District<\/h3><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">We ended a Colorado school district\u2019s use of private-school vouchers to fund religious schools.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"timeline-item__point-content timeline-item__point-content--icon\"><span class=\"jet-elements-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2015<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-f9bd1f1 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2005<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District<\/h3><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">We stopped a public school district\u2019s effort to teach intelligent-design creationism in science class.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"timeline-item__point-content timeline-item__point-content--icon\"><span class=\"jet-elements-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2005<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jet-timeline-item  elementor-repeater-item-77da495 jet-timeline-item--image-inside\">\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card\">\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2002<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"timeline-item__card-title\">Glassroth v. Moore<\/h3><div class=\"timeline-item__card-desc\">We blocked Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore\u2019s attempt to display a religious monument in the state judicial building.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"timeline-item__card-arrow\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"timeline-item__point\"><div class=\"timeline-item__point-content timeline-item__point-content--icon\"><span class=\"jet-elements-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"timeline-item__meta\"><div class=\"timeline-item__meta-content\">2002<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How We Protect Religious Freedom Church-State Separation &amp; the Courts Americans United\u2019s Legal Department defends church-state separation by going to court on behalf of people whose religious-freedom rights have been violated; by contacting school districts, municipalities, and state and federal agencies to resolve constitutional violations without litigation; and by contributing our expertise through friend-of-the-court briefs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":191,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"issue_tax":[],"class_list":["post-215","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"issue_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.au.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue_tax?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}