Alison, Rebecca and Monica discuss another tool in our kit to keep religion and government separate: legislative advocacy. Alison, as our resident policy expert, guides us through the many bills that threaten church/state separation wending their ways through state legislatures this year. Background <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/religious-freedom-restoration-acts-lb.aspx"> Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA)</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.blitzwatch.org/">BlitzWatch</a></li> </ul> Relevant Cases <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/obergefell-v-hodges/"> Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/tandon-v-newsom/"> Tandon v. Newsom (2021)</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.oyez.org/cases/1989/88-1213">Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith (1990)</a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.oyez.org/cases/1996/95-2074">City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)</a></li> </ul>   Check us out on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/wedissentpodcast/">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/we_dissent">Twitter</a>. Our website, <a href= "https://we-dissent.org/">we-dissent.org</a>, has more information as well as episode transcripts.

Religious Liberty and the Death Penalty

We Dissent is a monthly law podcast hosted by two secular women, who are also attorneys at the Freedom From Religion Foundation and Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Join us as we discuss developments affecting the separation of church and state in the US Supreme Court and lower federal courts. We'll also explore other advocacy work we do to help atheists and other nonreligious people outside the courtroom. We know there are so many atheist podcasts and legal podcasts and you have a lot to choose from, but we hope you'll join us, the only legal podcast for atheists and agnostics hosted completely by women lawyers. We can't wait to start these conversations.