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Rachel Laser

@rachellaser.bsky.social
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Prez & CEO @AmericansUnited (for separation of church and state); Mom; Yogi; Freedom Fighter

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Houston Ch. of Americans United for Separation of Church & State @auhouston.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
AU's @rachellaser.bsky.social will be keynote speaker at this annual event honoring our nation’s heritage of religious freedom. The event will be live-streamed starting at noon CT at www.facebook.com/TSFNewportRI and available at tsfnewport.org at a later date.
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Our report from the 2026 Summit for Religious Freedom features insights from @johnfugelsang.bsky.social, @guthriegf.bsky.social, @nadinesmith.bsky.social, and @rachellaser.bsky.social.
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Advocates for Church-State Separation Find Humor, Joy Amid Challenging Work
“I’ve come to view Jesus the way I’ve come to view Elvis. I love the guy, but a lot of his fan clubs terrify me.”
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
@rachellaser.bsky.social of @americansunited.bsky.social on Pentagon's new list of religion codes (which they edited & shrank again today): www.au.org/the-latest/p...
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th of July. And to all of you patriots- never forget that separating church and state is what enables a government of, by, and for the people progressive.org/op-eds/celeb...
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Celebrating 250 Years of No Religious Kings
Christian nationalism is incompatible with the American experiment. Our founders knew that.
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Statement by @rachellaser.bsky.social of @americansunited.bsky.social on new lawsuit against USDA for sectarian messages:
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Dr Deb K @drdebk.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The White Christian Nationalist Project 2025 takeover of this Country by the Roberts Court & wealthy religious extremists is alarming but can be fought. Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social is a champion. So she should come back to BlueSky.
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
With @rachellaser.bsky.social of Americans United on all the many many ways church is crowding out state, and why it all started at SCOTUS
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Church and State are Being Reunited, Thanks to SCOTUS | Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts
An unholy alliance between the Roberts majority and the Trump administration is demolishing the separation of church and state.
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Brian Kaylor @briankaylor.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Good @cnn.com article on how "Trump has chipped away at the long-standing wall between church & state." Nice to be included in the piece to offer a warning/critique of Trump admin's #ChristianNationalism (along with @rachellaser.bsky.social & @randallbalmer.bsky.social). www.cnn.com/2026/02/15/p...
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Trump has chipped away at the long-standing wall between church and state. It’s just the beginning | CNN Politics
A series of faith initiatives championed by the White House has led to a systematic religious revival within the government’s operations, culture and policy.
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Nice piece on how religious extremist groups are directly taking on the Constitutional requirement of no religious tests for public office. @svantemyrick.bsky.social thehill.com/opinion/judi...
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Berman Archive at Stanford @bermanarchive.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This is a big moment for religious freedom in America.
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Berman Archive at Stanford @bermanarchive.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Read our interview with @rachellaser.bsky.social of @americansunited.bsky.social on just what was at stake (and still is) with today's ruling: bermanarchive.stanford.edu/church-state...
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Church, State, Jews - Berman Archive
The separation of church and state has been a cornerstone of the American experience, but like so many things in this country, long held beliefs and practices have been under threat. The public fundin...
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Will (Faithful Politics) @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
June's lineup is 🔥👀 Here’s who’s joining us soon on Faithful Politics: → @shannonmfleck.bsky.social → @rachellaser.bsky.social → @jessicahuseman.bsky.social → @brandanrobertson.bsky.social → @profgagne.bsky.social → @peter-wehner.bsky.social → @aprilajoy.bsky.social
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Supreme Court deadlocks, leaving in place the ruling stopping the nations first religious public school www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court deadlocks, blocking creation of first religious public school
With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruling that the school violates the separation of church and state.
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Reminder: the assault on/erasure of transgender people is based on one set of religious views about gender, as exemplified by Trump's EO on gender, which defines gender as beginning at conception. The government shouldn't impose one religion's beliefs on all of us. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban
The blanket ban, expanding on a similar policy Trump proposed in his first term, has been blocked nationwide by lower courts.
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Mathew Helman @mathelman.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
The right-wing #SCOTUS Justices appear content to disregard the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Extremely distressing. cc: @americansunited.bsky.social @rachellaser.bsky.social @ffrf.org
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I continue to see eye to eye with @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, a conservative columnist, in many instances- such as this one. An astute piece about how Christian Nationalism is a political ideology- not a Christian one. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
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Opinion | The Christian Right Is Going Extinct
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Veterans affairs agency orders staff to report each other for ‘anti-Christian bias’
New taskforce demands names in rooting out ‘policies, procedures … or understandings hostile to Christian views’
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Emphasizing how Christian Nationalism also works against the wrong kind of Christian (h/t KatherineStewart and Kristin Kobes Du Mez) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump has put Christian nationalists in key roles – say a prayer for free speech
Experts warn that a specific brand of Christianity will be prioritized and lead to a ‘further dismantling’ of institutions
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Angie Coiro @angiecoiro.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Tmrw 10am Pacific, I'll talk with Notre Dame law prof Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer; @spencerwoodman.bsky.social of @icij.org; & @rachellaser.bsky.social of Americans United, about whether and how the IRS enforces tax regulations on religious institutions. Join us: kalw.org. Taking your questions & comments!
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
A beautiful summary of @americansunited.bsky.social Summit for Religious Freedom. Thank you, @faithfulpolitics.bsky.social for attending, for your good work, and for insisting that our movement be a big tent.
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Word&Way @wordandway.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“Given that the country is a majority Christian country, if we don’t have Christians with us on church-state separation, we’re in big trouble. So we really appreciate having Christians with our cause, I say as the leader of AU and as a Jew.” - @rachellaser.bsky.social
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Supporting Church-State Separation With Faithful Challenges to Christian Nationalism
“I believe in the separation of church and state.
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David R. Brockman, Ph.D. @drdrbrockman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
What an honor to participate yesterday w/ (L-R) @texaspublicradio.bsky.social's David Martin Davies, Rep. James Talarico & @americansunited.bsky.social head @rachellaser.bsky.social in a lively discussion of church-state separation issues. Will post links to the video when available #txed #txlege
David Martin Davies, Rep. James Talarico, Rachel Laser, David Brockman
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Rebecca Kennison @rrkennison.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
“Christian nationalists are clear they want to replace public education with religious education because it indoctrinates a new generation of Americans in their faith and their lie that America was supposed to be a Christian nation.” - @rachellaser.bsky.social, CEO of @americansunited.bsky.social
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Berman Archive at Stanford @bermanarchive.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Religious freedom will be tested next month with a major Supreme Court case. We interviewed @rachellaser.bsky.social, CEO of @americansunited.bsky.social to learn about the case and its implications for Jews and all religious minorities in this country. bermanarchive.stanford.edu/church-state...
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Looking forward to this! Good to be back in Texas. So much energy here to fight the overreach of religious extremists.
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
My friend @robertpjones.bsky.social speaks truth to power. Trump's anti-Christian bias task force is, in fact, anti-Christian. contrarian.substack.com/p/what-anti-...
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What "Anti-Christian Bias" does for Trump
The president's executive order is a vehicle for white evangelical Protestant Christian favoritism, but it is also a weapon against other Christians.
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Christian Nationalist government leaders are no longer even trying to hide the religious basis for their policies. www.au.org/the-latest/a...
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Federal agency head says Trump and ‘the Lord’ bless discriminatory policies - Americans United
For years, Americans United warned about creeping Christian Nationalism and the nation’s shift toward theocracy. We see it now reflected at the highest levels of our federal government.
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
It's not only that JD Vance got his Catholicism wrong (according to Pope Francis), it's also that he is using his personal religion to justify US policy. SEPARATE CHURCH & STATE. It's the American way! newrepublic.com/article/1914...
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Pope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soul
The vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in.
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The (Orthodox) Jewish former congressman advocating for how the St. Isidore case could open the door to funding of Jewish school too admits in this article that in Oklahoma (like in many places) there is too small a Jewish population for that to be practical. www.jta.org/2025/02/10/u...
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A Supreme Court case could pave the way for publicly funded Jewish day schools - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The question before the court is whether publicly funded schools should ever be allowed to promote religion.
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Trump cited the case of a woman violating Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for why we need an "Anti-Christian Bias" Task Force. But it's not anti-Christian to enforce a neutral and generally applicable law. My colleague @andrewlseidel.bsky.social explains: www.au.org/the-latest/a...
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Truth and disinformation: Trump’s example of anti-Christian bias is anything but - Americans United
To justify his new "Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias," Pres. Trump spewed disinformation about anti-abortion activist Paula Paulette Harlow.
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Rachel Laser @rachellaser.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Unfortunately, this bill is not a joke. Please spread the word that now is the time to join Americans United for Separation of Church and State if there ever was one. au.org
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