In accord with the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the ACLU supports the separation of church and state in order to preserve the free exercise of religion and to prevent the establishment of a state religion. The Tennessee State Constitution also prohibits government entanglement with religion.You can learn more about our work to defend religious freedom in Tennessee here.

ACLU-TN's Religious Freedom: Separation of Church and State Resource Sheet outlines the laws that uphold religious freedom and provides information on national and statewide religious freedom resources.

ACLU-TN's Religious Freedom Resource Sheet