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The right to practice religion, or no religion at all, is among the most fundamental of the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. The ACLU works to ensure that this essential freedom is protected by keeping the government out of religion. Learn more about how the ACLU works to preserve Freedom of Religion and Belief and take action to protect the rights guaranteed to all Americans.


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Religion and Belief : Legal Documents

Egbert v. Nicholson Petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (09/29/2006)
Egbert v. Nicholson Petition to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Complaint in Stanley v West Virginia (09/19/2006)

ACLU Complaint in Mu-Ammar Ali v. Mumme (08/29/2006)

Jewish War Veterans of the United States v. Rumsfeld: Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive and Relief (08/24/2006)

Western Land Exchange Project et al, v. Norton Settlement Agreement (06/07/2006)
Western Land Exchange Project et al, v. Norton Settlement Agreement

Teen Ranch, Inc. v. Udow - ACLU Amicus Brief (05/19/2006)

Kitzmiller v. Dover Memorandum Opinion (12/20/2005)
"Intelligent Design" is a religious view, not a scientific theory, according to U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III in his historic decision in Kitzmiller v. Dover.

Complaint in Green v. Haskell County (10/06/2005)

Denial of Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment in Kitzmiller v. Dover (09/13/2005)

Complaint in ACLU v. North Carolina (07/27/2005)

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