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The free exercise clause of the First Amendment grants every American
the right to practice his or her own religion, or no religion at all.
The establishment clause requires the strict separation of church and
state. Together, these two principles ensure religious liberty.More from the national ACLU >>
Press Releases - Litigation Legal Advocacy and Policy Work Legislative Reports - Resources - Events
Panel Discussions Explore Religious Rights with LGBT Equality
Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity Posted 6/24/09 - A report from the ACLU shows how U.S. terrorism finance laws hurt legitimate charities helping Muslims in need. Muslim Americans are intimidated from donating, which restricts their ability to freely practice their faith: one of the five pillars of Islam is Zakat, the practice of charitable giving that is a religious obligation.
Read the report and see a video >>
5/29/08 - A Chronological History of the ACLU Response to the Texas FLDS Raid
ACLU
files Main Street Plaza appeal (5/21/04)Plaza
guards bounce students (and ACLU director) (3/25/04)ACLU
returns to court in controversy over free speech in Salt Lake City’s
“Main Street Plaza” (8/7/03)Tenth
Circuit ruling remains: Main Street Plaza easement is a public forum and
church’s restrictions on speech are unconstitutional (6/23/03)Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Reverses District
Court Decision on Main Street (10/9/02)Tenth Circuit Court to Hear Arguments Regarding
the Constitutionality of the Main Street Plaza Restrictions (3/14/02)ACLU Targets Religious Discounts as Religious Discrimination;
Sends Letters Urging that Unlawful Practice be Stopped (9/5/01)ACLU of Utah Files Brief in Case Challenging Constitutionality
of Main Street Plaza Restrictions; Relies on Recent Federal Appeals Court
Decision (8/13/01)ACLU
of Utah Asks the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to Review the Constitutionality
of the Main Street Plaza Restrictions (6/4/01)ACLU of Utah Cautions Utah Cities and State About
National Bible Week (11/20/98)
Utah Gospel Mission v. Salt
Lake City Corporation Nathan Clark v. Iron County First Unitarian Church v. Salt Lake City Corporation Van Gorden v. Utah State Fair Larson v. Provo School District Silvermans v. State of Utah
5/29/08 - A Chronological History of the ACLU Response to the Texas FLDS Raid
ACLU of Utah advises Eastmont Middle School of
inappropriate religious material in its school yearbook ; and
applauds principal’s positive response (8/27/07)ACLU of Utah asks the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to clarify whether it gives religious preferences in hiring (10/11/06)Letter to the U.S. Army Recruiting
Office regarding a sign at an army recruiting booth implying the army
will pay for religious missions (12/20/04)Letter
to Salem City regarding the use of government resources to sponsor and
promote LDS Church activities (3/7/04)Letter
to Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regarding the Government Records
Access and Management Act (GRAMA)
SB 111 “Free Exercise of Religion Without Government Interference” fails (2007)Lawmakers pass comprehensive school vouchers law (2007)Anti-evolution
bill fails (2006)Resolution misstates the law
regarding students’ right to voluntarily pray and engage in
other religious expression in public school (2006)“In God We Trust” is now in Utah public schools (2002)Plural marriage bill amended to avoid serious First Amendment problems (2001)
Why the ACLU of Utah Opposes H.B. 148, “Education Vouchers” (August 2007)LDS Seminary in Public Schools (August 2007)The ACLU and Freedom of Religion and Belief (November 2006)ACLU Defense of Freedom of Religion and Religious Expression (November 2006)Polygamy and the Constitution (Fall 2006)Utah’s Bigamy Statute and the Right to Privacy and Religious Freedom (September 2006)Divine Design (Fall 2005)Recent Supreme
Court Decision Bolsters ACLU of Utah’s Arguments in Main Street
Case (July 2005)The Teaching of Creationism, Intelligent
Design, and Divine Design in Public Schools (June 2005)Information About the Main Street
Plaza Cases (Updated April 2005)ACLU of Utah Supports Freedom of
Religion for Everyone (Fall 2003)Ogden’s Ten Commandments Monument
Violates First Amendment (Fall 2002)“In God We Trust” in the Classroom (January
2002)Prayer Before City Council Meetings
and Legislative Sessions (November 2000)Missionary Week in Public High Schools
(June 1999)National ACLU Policy on Plural Marriage
(April 1991)
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