Civil Rights: Religious Freedom

Religious Freedom Publications & Resources

The right to freedom of religion is so central to American democracy that it was enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 

ADL’s comprehensive religious freedom publications and resources explain how the First Amendment and other laws protect religious freedom, and current challenges to religious freedom in America.

Read ADL's Religious Freedom Resources:

• Primer on the First Amendment & Religious Freedom
• The Faith-Based Initiative and ‘Charitable Choice’: Harmful to Religious Liberty and Civil Rights (PDF)
• Intelligent Design: It’s Not Science (PDF)
• Religious Accommodation in the Workplace: Your Rights and Obligations (PDF)
• Religion in the Public Schools
• School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education (PDF)
• The Ten Commandments in the Public Square: Religiously Divisive & Constitutionally Unsound (PDF)
• The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Protecting Religious Freedom of Houses of Worship and Institutionalized Persons