Trump and SCOTUS are Dismantling Church-State Separation. Learn how to fight back on 8/11 at 1:00 - 2:15 pm ET
RegisterWe’re a collective force for
Healthy boundaries between religion and government
We insist that religion should not be used to legitimize discrimination, and are rallying faith-based support for LGBTQ freedom.
Get Involved
We believe in the separation of church and state
Religious freedom is one of several fundamental rights outlined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It includes two complementary protections – freedom of religion and freedom from religion. Freedom of religion protects our ability to follow the religious tradition of our choice, or no religion at all, without facing discrimination or punishment. Freedom from religion prevents the government from codifying religious beliefs into law,
favoring religion over non-religion, or giving special treatment to adherents of one faith and not others. The right to religious freedom is unalienable – but it’s not unlimited. For every American to believe as they choose, we can’t impose our beliefs on others. Religious freedom does not include the right to coerce, shame, or exclude others from public life because they don't share our beliefs. These protections are necessary to ensure religion and democracy thrive. But there is a concerted effort underway by far-right extremists to distort the meaning of religious freedom. Members of this movement seek to enshrine their beliefs into law, undermine basic civil rights protections, and concentrate power in the hands of a select few – at the expense of everyone else.
Tell Your Senator: Support the Do No Harm Act
True religious freedom protects the freedom to believe as we choose, without fear of discrimination or harm. In an increasingly diverse nation, it is imperative that our federal laws make clear that freedom of belief does not include a license to discriminate.
resources
Religious freedom resources
We champion an inclusive vision of religious freedom through strategic “friend of the court” advocacy and by spotlighting federal cases that impact the boundary between religion and government.
The wall of separation between church and state protects religious institutions as much as it protects our government. Religious communities have the freedom to share their teachings without government interference, provided the public sphere remains open to all.
Interfaith Alliance brings together Americans of diverse religious groups to protect the separation of religion and government and ensure that all of us maintain the right to believe as we choose.
To learn more about our religious freedom work, please contact Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons at ggraves-fitzsimmons@interfaithalliance.org.
We champion an inclusive vision of religious freedom through strategic “friend of the court” advocacy and by spotlighting federal cases that impact the boundary between religion and government.
The wall of separation between church and state protects religious institutions as much as it protects our government. Religious communities have the freedom to share their teachings without government interference, provided the public sphere remains open to all.
Interfaith Alliance brings together Americans of diverse religious groups to protect the separation of religion and government and ensure that all of us maintain the right to believe as we choose.
To learn more about our religious freedom work, please contact Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons at ggraves-fitzsimmons@interfaithalliance.org.
Interfaith Messaging Guide: Faith and Democracy in the Face of Authoritarianism
Read the guide Memo on Trump's Opening Attacks on Faith Communities
Read the memoCountering the Misuse of Religion to Discriminate
Read the fact sheet
New Research Finds the Supreme Court Shows Bias Towards Christian Groups
In a recently published article in the Cambridge Journal of Political Affairs, Adam Hamdan offers a statistical analysis of the role religion plays in Supreme Court cases. The article builds on previous studies examining the interplay between religious beliefs and Supreme Court cases to find that under the Roberts Court, the Supreme Court has sided with religious groups more than previous courts, especially when it comes to Christian groups. This finding mirrors public perception of the Supreme Court, as a recent PEW Research Center study found that 35% of Americans see SCOTUS as friendly toward religion, a significant increase from the 18% of Americans that believed that in 2019.
Separating Church from Hate: A Conversation With John Fugelsang
Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush welcomes comedian, actor, and radio host John Fugelsang to discuss John's new book, "Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds"
What’s Happening in Texas is a Moral Outrage
In Tom Stoppard’s play Jumpers, he penned the line: “It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting.” In our democratic republic, the way in which votes are counted decides who represents us, whose votes matter. President Trump is currently working with allies in state legislatures across the country to change where votes in their states are counted, in an undemocratic attempt to maintain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections by building on years of attacks on decades-old voter protection laws. For decades, elected officials have attempted to gerrymander districts in their respective states in order to maintain their party’s political power, but never has a president publicly strategized on how to use ad-hoc redistricting in order to maintain his political power.
Let's build a democracy that works for all people
Together, we can make a significant impact in this pivotal moment in our nation's history.