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✨Welcome✨

to the season of freedom

December is a time when millions of Americans light candles, gather for worship, skip worship, say prayers, sing carols, fast, feast, reflect — or simply enjoy the sparkle of the season. And all of that is possible because of one beautifully simple idea:

🎁 In America, you are free to believe, not believe, change your mind, or practice only on holidays — and the government doesn’t get to decide for you.

Our Season of Freedom campaign is a month-long celebration of that “first freedom,” told through 12 Little Liberties that shape daily life for people of every background. From the right to raise your children in your faith, to the right to ask for accommodations at work or school, to the right not to participate in religious practice at all, these liberties form the backbone of a peaceful, resilient nation.

This month, we’re partnering with leading organizations, legal advocates, educators, creators, and everyday Americans to share real stories, real protections, and real moments of joy made possible by religious freedom. You’ll hear from voices across traditions - observant, cultural, secular, questioning - because religious liberty belongs to all of us, not just the devout.

So grab your cocoa, light whatever candles you light (or don’t!), and join us as we unwrap a new liberty each week.


Because this season, we’re celebrating the freedom that lets us all celebrate differently — together

In the News

This month, let’s lift up the liberty that lets us all live our beliefs. Share a short video on what religious freedom means to you and help us show America that free exercise is an 80/20 issue that unites us across backgrounds and beliefs.

#UniteForReligiousFreedom

A recent case in West Virginia is a reminder that these freedoms are not abstract - they affect real families.

Here’s what’s happening:

  • A lower court ruled in favor of families raising conscience claims.

  • The ruling was paused while the state Supreme Court reviews it.

  • Unlike most states, West Virginia does not allow religious exemptions to school immunization requirements.

  • The question now is whether that policy aligns with conscience protections.

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FIRE

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) equips students and universities to respect religious liberty and freedom of conscience on campus. Their guides and primers explain what rights students have, how the First Amendment protects religious practice, and how schools can foster genuine pluralism.

Defending Education

Defending Education (formerly Parents Defending Education) is a national grassroots organization that helps parents push back on school policies that sideline families and, in many cases, conflict with their moral or religious beliefs. Through advocacy and litigation, they argue that parents—not bureaucrats—have the primary right to direct their children’s education and values.

  • focuses on combatting policies that compel students to speak or act against their beliefs, especially around sex and gender.

  • Transparency and opt-outs: educates parents on how federal law allows them to opt children out of surveys or curricula that contradict their moral or religious convictions. PDE Action+1

  • Grassroots network: mobilizes parents across the country to engage school boards and policymakers.

PDE/Defending Education “Lawsuits” or legal cases page (for concrete examples). Defending Education+1

PDE-linked “Parental Rights and Transparency” explainer. PDE Action

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CATO Institute

The Cato Institute approaches religious freedom as a core civil liberty, rooted in individual conscience and limited government. Through scholarship, events, and commentary, Cato highlights threats to religious liberty worldwide and argues that protecting conscience is essential to a free society.

  • Global religious persecution: commentary on how restrictions on belief harm human rights and civil society. Cato Institute

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Ready Tweets

Religious liberty isn’t about politics - it’s about letting every American live according to their beliefs (or non-beliefs) without fear or force.
It’s one of the simplest freedoms… and one of the most unifying.
#ReligiousFreedom #SeasonOfFreedom

You don’t have to be religious to care about religious freedom.
You just have to believe the government shouldn’t decide what anyone must think, say, or worship.
That’s an American value with overwhelming support.
#UniteForReligiousFreedom

Religious freedom = the right to pray, not pray, change your mind, raise your kids in your faith, wear religious clothing, or celebrate only on holidays.
One freedom. Many lived experiences.
#12LittleLiberties #ReligiousLiberty

Some celebrate Christmas.
Some celebrate Hanukkah.
Some celebrate nothing at all.
Religious liberty means all of us get to choose — and still live together in peace.
#SeasonOfFreedom #ReligiousFreedom

When we protect religious freedom, we protect diversity.
From churches to mosques to temples to “I don’t practice,” this freedom ensures every American has space to live authentically.
#ReligiousLiberty #UniteForReligiousFreedom

Religious freedom is an 80/20 issue: Americans overwhelmingly agree that no one should be punished for their beliefs or pressured into someone else’s.
It’s not left vs. right — it’s everyone’s freedom.
#ReligiousFreedom #12LittleLiberties