State Legislative Roundup with Rachael Stryer
From We Dissent · 57:58
Show by Rebecca Markert
Alison, Liz, and Rebecca welcome AU Public Policy Counsel Rachael Stryer to review what came out of the state legislative sessions this year. They survey the laws state legislatures passed to force religion into public schools, use religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people, and divert public money to private religious schools. Show Notes Rachael Stryer's AU Bio Organized Power in Numbers American Atheists - State of the Secular States Legislative trackers AU ACLU Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures Congressional Scorecards See your state ACLU for regional legislative tracking Action Alerts FFRF AF AU National Women's Law Center ACLU Bills and Cases Discussed Ten Commandments Displays in Schools Alabama (SB 99) Tennessee (HB 47) Ongoing Lawsuits FFRF AU Prayer in Schools Alabama (HB 511): Requiring public schools to allow student-led prayer and requiring the pledge of allegiance Idaho (HB 623): Requiring a 60 second moment of silence for prayer or meditation at the beginning of the school day Chaplains Alabama (HB 8): Permitting school boards to adopt policies allowing volunteer school chaplains into schools Release Time Info on LifeWise AU: "Release time is a problem for church-state separation" FFRF Action Fund: "State Issue: LifeWise Academy/Release Time" Classroom Instruction and Curriculum Policies Tennessee (SB 1828): Requires public school history curriculums to teach about the positive impact of religion on American history and the influence of Judeo-Christian values Idaho (S 1336) and Utah (HB 312 and SB 268): Requiring curricula to teach the influence of Christianity in American history Vouchers Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (2020) Carson v. Makin (2022) Columbus City School District v. State of Ohio Wisconsin PTA et al vs. Wisconsin State Assembly et al Healthcare Refusal Utah (SB 174) and Iowa (HF 571): Gives healthcare providers and religious healthcare institutions the right to refuse to provide services that violate religious beliefs. Foster Care and Adoption Indiana (HB 1389): Allows government-funded child placement agencies to use religion as a justification for refusing to work with families, youth in care, and prospective parents. And to allow adoptive or foster parents the right to "raise a child in a manner consistent with [their] sincerely held religious beliefs." Elizabeth Rutan-Ram et al. v. Tennessee Department of Children's Services et al (AU) Anti-Sharia law Tennessee (HB 2279), Florida (HB 1471), Iowa (HF 2695), and Idaho (H 602) Arkansas (SR 21) Check us out on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and X. Our website, we-dissent.org, has more information as well as episode transcripts.
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