ACLJ Action

It's really simple. Parents retain the primary responsibility for raising their children. States have a compelling interest in supporting parents as they fulfill that responsibility. And courts should be cautious before preventing states from providing parents with tools to protect their children online.

That is why we filed a brief at the Supreme Court to support the Texas App Store Accountability Act.

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A 6th grader sits crying in her middle school gymnasium.

Had she been crying because she was sick, frightened, injured, bullied, or emotionally overwhelmed, school officials likely would have contacted her parents immediately. Instead, they made her sit there knowing she was upset because the content of the "inclusion" assembly violated her religious beliefs.

For most school districts, an incident like this would be shocking. But for Highline Public School District in Burien, Washington, it has become a pattern.

For the third time ACLJ is intervening to stand up for this family's right to exercise their religious beliefs. This latest episode is a clear sign the district has no intention to stop its attacks against Christians on its own.

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The First Amendment does not permit the federal government to condition tax-exempt status on surrendering core religious speech rights.

ACLJ has been fighting against the Johnson Amendment for decades. Churches should no longer have this threat hanging over their heads.

Congress Should Stop IRS From Silencing Churches and Pastors | American Center for Law and Justice For seven decades, the Johnson Amendment has hung over churches and pastors as a cloud of government intimidation. Under this provision of the federal tax code, churches and nonprofit organizations risk losing their tax-exempt status if the IRS determines they improperly engaged in political . . .