Our First Freedom
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”
Welcome!
Welcome to the website of the San Antonio chapter of American United for Separation of Church and State—and 75-year-old, multi-racial, multi-religious site.
We fight locally for the principle of separation of church and state—an essential principle of the Founding Fathers. Today, however, that wall is under assault as never before.
We understand the stakes. History has shown us what happens when church and state merge: liberty of conscience—the greatest gift of the American Revolution—is lost, and with it, the light of freedom and hope. Together, we can protect our democracy and preserve the freedoms that make our nation unique. Become a member, donate, join us.
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We know exactly what will happen if church and state become one. Liberty of conscience, the great gift of the American Revolution, will disappear and the light of freedom and hope will be extinguished. We can’t let that happen.
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Here are some of the problems we struggle to solve:
- Prayer in schools, often attempted through the Ten Commandments posting idea.
- School vouchers that undermine public schools and enhance religious schools.
- Censoring library books, especially in the schools.
- Attempting to limit academic freedom in the universities.
- Imposing of religiously based bans on women’s control of their own bodies.
- Attacks on LGBTQ+ people, especially children, in the name of religion.
- The appointing of judges with a fundamentalist, white nationalist religious agenda.
- In general, the attempt to put ahead of all other religious faiths a Christian fundamentalist, white nationalist view of who has priority rights.
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