BREAKING NEWS: Americans United urges Congress to investigate Justice Alito’s display of the Christian Nationalist ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag
au.org/the-latest/pre… “The Appeal to Heaven flag that flew at Justice Alito’s vacation home is the flag of the Christian Nationalist movement in America, the endpoint of which is nothing less than the toppling of our democracy. "

This is Christian Nationalism.

And as our president @rachelklaser has been explaining in interviews, it's not the first time we've seen this kind of Christian Nationalist overreach from Alabama's Chief Justice Tom Parker. He's done this before.

Follow along🧵👇

https://twitter.com/mmfa/status/1760354985630482926

Parker was Roy Moore's right hand man.
Yup, that Roy Moore. The 10 Commandments judge. The guy who was twice removed from the bench for refusing to follow the law.
(Did you know AU brought the case that got the monument—and therefore also Moore—removed?)
au.org/how-we-protect…

Abortion bans impose one narrow religious doctrine on us all. They are unconstitutional and violate the separation of church and state. The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Tom Parker made this abundantly clear in a written opinion.

Parker declared, in a case which held that frozen embryos are children, that state law imposes a “theologically based view of the sanctity of life” and that “it is as if the People of Alabama took what was spoken of the prophet Jeremiah and applied it to” every Alabaman.

Attorney General Bailey lied about clergy, abortion, and Satan. The clergy are setting the record straight.

stltoday.com/opinion/column…
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey lied to the listeners of 93.9 the Eagle about clergy, religious freedom, and abortions last month.
“It’s important to understand who the plaintiff is... it’s the Church of Satan...[defending] their religious right to kill babies..."

Roughly 120 mil folks will watch the Super Bowl tomorrow—many just for the commercials. One ad– the $20 mil “He Gets Us” campaign about Jesus – is funded by a major donor to some of the biggest Shadow Network orgs undermining church-state separation.
levernews.com/heres-who-will… The Servant Foundation, aka The Signatry, is behind the ad blitz. Over the next 3 years, they plans to spend “about a billion dollars” toward this campaign.

Oral arguments are winding down. Just the rebuttal left and it’ll be short. I have to head over to the court for the press conference, but a few final thoughts. There was no reason for #SCOTUS to hear this argument. The fairest and simplest thing for SCOTUS is to DIG the case. Dismiss as Improvidently Granted. “We never should have taken this case,” basically.

Hello, beautiful world! @AndrewLSeidel here, and I’m taking over AU’s Twitter feed this morning. Why? Because #SCOTUS is hearing oral argument in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District–a case that threatens the religious freedom of every public school student in the country. There’s a lot going on in the case: Football, public schools, prayer, religious freedom, disinformation, and a billion-dollar shadow network bent on co-opting the machinery of the state. Here’s a primer: au.org/the-latest/art…

"We’re here today defending true religious freedom."--@rachelklaser We’re here defending all students who feel like they have to pray to play football or other school sports. --@rachelklaser

Do you know what's happening in the Supreme Court next week?
THREAD 👇🏾👇🏾 The fundamental right to be treated equally under the law depends upon the separation of church and state.
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Did you catch @realDonaldTrump’s White House presser w/ @BetsyDeVosED & @Paula_White when they invited violations of students' religious freedom - on #ReligiousFreedomDay?! Can you count all the lies told about church-state separation? Here’s just a few: washingtonpost.com/education/2020… @realDonaldTrump @BetsyDeVosED @Paula_White Trump LIE: “In public schools around the country, authorities are stopping students and teachers from praying, sharing their faith, or following their religious beliefs.”

The most aggressive abortion ban bills are spreading throughout our country. These #abortionbans hurt women, ignore the First Amendment, and willfully erase the line between church-state separation. #stopthebans #NWHW In the wake of these extreme #abortionbans, we’re joining @ACLU @PPFA @NARAL & others to fight back. Today is the day to show up & speak out against these draconian policies. Abortion is a church-state separation issue. Take action to #Stopthebans #NWHW bit.ly/2ElLNbR

THREAD: Missouri House Committee debates legislation tonight that could put plaintiffs in danger of harassment, death threats and physical harm. #MOleg HB 728 prohibits people from anonymously filing church-state lawsuits. We’ve seen the impact firsthand. Plaintiffs should not be forced to go public as they fight to protect religious freedom for all. #MOleg

Hi all! We're watching and will be live-tweeting the upcoming state Senate debate on South Dakota's SB 55, a bill to encourage posting "In God We Trust" in public schools. Follow along: 📺bit.ly/2RJhCz3 #sdleg Why is posting "In God We Trust" in public schools such a bad idea?
🔺It leaves out many kids.
🔺The government shouldn't endorse religion.
🔺It's part of Project Blitz, a Christian nationalist agenda to pass state bills that destroy separation of church & state.
#sdleg

Good morning, all! It's Sam (@samsokol19) back live-tweeting Day 3 of the #KavanaughHearings. We're all a little tired 😴... but let's do this! Yesterday, Kavanaugh dropped some major hints about how he plans to undermine church-state separation on the Supreme Court. #StopKavanaugh