1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

As your constituent, I am writing to urge you to immediately and publicly push back against the White House Religious "Liberty" Commission's report just delivered on June 26. This commission is using government power to ignore our foundational democratic principle: the separation of church and state. By recommending that the DOJ redefine the Establishment Clause, the commission is attempting to rewrite the Constitution to favor a single religious viewpoint. This is an unconstitutional expansion of government power that threatens the rights of every American. The founders were clear: James Madison noted that religion thrives best when it remains separate from government, and the unanimously ratified Treaty of Tripoli (1797) explicitly stated that our government is not founded on any specific religion. America is a nation of religious plurality, and that is a strength we must protect. This report is not an isolated event; it is the blueprint for a coordinated campaign to erode the Establishment Clause. The Commission’s own structure—composed pretty much entirely of conservative Christians—guarantees a single-viewpoint agenda that ignores our nation’s religious plurality. We are seeing the alarming evidence of this campaign across the country: - State-Sanctioned Exclusion: In May, the White House used taxpayer money to fund a National Mall prayer rally where 18 of the 19 featured speakers were Christian, directly violating the government’s mandate to remain neutral toward all faiths. - Educational Indoctrination: Just this week, the Texas State Board of Education voted to mandate Bible readings in public schools for 5 million students, with board members explicitly declaring that Texas is a 'Christian state.' - Undermining the Constitution: The commission’s recommendations are designed to give the Justice Department a false legal basis to reinterpret—and ultimately weaken—the constitutional protections that have defined our government since our founding. This is the White House attempting to redefine America as a Christian nation—a falsehood that dismisses the rights of millions of non-Christian Americans and ignores our Constitution’s foundational requirement of religious neutrality. I urge you to take these three actions: 1. Repudiate the commission’s historical revisionism. The claim that the "wall of separation" is a modern myth is historically dishonest. Stand up for the true, pluralistic history of our nation. 2. Reject any DOJ guidance based on this report. Use your oversight authority to prevent the Justice Department from weaponizing taxpayer resources to violate the Establishment Clause and undermine the constitutional neutrality of our government. 3. Investigate the commission’s legality. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires ideological diversity. A multifaith lawsuit has already challenged the commission for failing this standard. Congress must hold a full inquiry into whether the commission violated federal law and if its report has any legal standing. Freedom of religion is meaningless without freedom from religion. Under our Constitution, the government has no business picking a favorite faith or placing one religion above all others. Our nation is a community of diverse beliefs, and the government’s only role is to ensure neutrality—not to play favorites. I expect you to defend the Constitution exactly as it was written: for everyone, not just for a chosen few.