Religious Freedom Publications & Resources

September 10, 2012

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:

The First Amendment & Religion

• Primer on the First Amendment & Religious Freedom

• The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act: Protecting Religious Freedom of Houses of Worship and Institutionalized Persons

Religion and the Public Schools

• Religion in the Public Schools
• The December Dilemma: Teaching About Religious Holidays
• Graduation Prayer in the Public Schools: Questions & Answers
• School & Workplace Accommodations for the Jewish High Holidays: Know Your Rights and Obligations
• Intelligent Design: It’s Not Science (PDF)

Religion and the Workplace

• Religious Accommodation in the Workplace: Your Rights and Obligations (PDF)

• School & Workplace Accommodations for the Jewish High Holidays: Know Your Rights and Obligations

Religion and Fair Housing

• Religious Accommodation for the Mezuzah: Your Rights Under Fair Housing Laws (PDF)

Religion in the Public Square

• Opening Prayers at Public Meetings of Local Town Council Meetings
• The Ten Commandments in the Public Square: Religiously Divisive & Constitutionally Unsound (PDF)

Government Funding of Religion

• The Faith-Based Initiative and ‘Charitable Choice’: Harmful to Religious Liberty and Civil Rights (PDF)
• School Vouchers: The Wrong Choice for Public Education (PDF)