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A Religious Freedom Agenda for the Biden Admin.

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American United’s Agenda to Restore & Protect Religious Freedom

The separation of church and state is the cornerstone of religious freedom. Core to our founding and enshrined in the First Amendment to our Constitution, it is central to who we are as a nation and why we are recognized around the world as a beacon of religious freedom. Separation safeguards both religion and government by ensuring that one institution does not control the other, allowing religious diversity in America to flourish. That is why Americans United for Separation of Church and State has been safeguarding this fundamental principle since 1947.

Religious freedom means that everyone should be able to practice their religion or no religion at all—without government interference, preference, or disfavor—so long as they don’t harm others. This do-no-harm principle, enshrined in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, ensures that religious freedom is a shield that protects the rights of everyone to practice their faith or not to practice any faith at all, and not a sword to harm others or to discriminate.

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit educational and advocacy organization that brings together people of all religions and none to protect the right of everyone to believe as they want — and stop anyone from using their beliefs to harm others. We fight in the courts, legislatures, and the public square for freedom without favor and equality without exception.

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