Americans United Vows to Fight
Christian Nationalist Agenda
(AU) - 11/8/2024 - Americans United for Separation of Church and State, an organization dedicated solely to defending church-state separation as the way to protect religious freedom for all, issued the following statement in response to The Associated Press declaring Donald Trump the winner of the presidential election:
“We are deeply dismayed, but undeterred. Christian Nationalism has seized power in a way it could not on Jan. 6, 2021, and we have a serious fight ahead,” said Rachel Laser, president and CEO of Americans United. “Trump and his Christian Nationalist inner circle will try to abuse their power to privilege a chosen few at the expense of our most marginalized communities.
“We’ve been warning of the dangers of Project 2025 and white Christian Nationalism and we know that the majority of Americans are against their agenda. ‘We the People’ are with us. That is our path to victory. For nearly 80 years Americans United has defended church-state separation and repelled previous waves of white Christian Nationalism. We’ve been through a Trump administration before. It was a hard four years, but we fought back and ultimately defeated many of the harmful policies he enacted, either through the 10 lawsuits AU brought challenging Trump administration policies or by working with the Biden administration and Congress to reverse his policies and block his agenda. We’re not giving up now.
“We know people are scared for their family and friends and themselves. But we are building a movement that will be a bulwark against this rising tide of white Christian Nationalism. We’re organizing and fighting in every community, county, city, and state – everywhere. Church-state separation is the cure for white Christian Nationalism, and it’s also the foundation of our democracy. Americans United is ready. We were made for moments like this.”
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