Republican lawmakers ask the Supreme Court to overthrow marriage equality

“A week ago today, President Trump swore an oath to defend the constitution and yet today religious institutions have been around since the 1600s in our country,” said Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward, as represent the Quaker groups in court. “The troubled nature of politics goes beyond just worship houses with shrine programs – that is that IS can enter religious and holy spaces when it wants to.”

Trump abolished the “sensitive rankings” limitation of immigration and customs duties last week, enabling federal agents to carry out attacks on places considered boundaries in previous years, such as schools, hospitals and places of worship. The policy goes back to the 1990s and was maintained even in Trump’s first period.

“Quaker meetings for worship seek to be a sanctuary and a refuge for everyone, and this new and invasive practice erodes the one who is cross -ferryed, this opportunity by creating unnecessary anxiety, confusion and cooling of our members and neighbors’ willingness to share With us in the worship which maintains our lives, ”said Noah Merrill, secretary of the Quaker group New England annually friends. “This undermines our society, and we believe, violating our religious freedom.”