This event is free and open to the public.

American Crusade: How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious Freedom

Andrew L. Seidel speaking to TFS

Raleigh United Mutual Aid Hub
415 Hillsborough St Raleigh NC 27603 Suite 101
May 23, 7-8:30PM

Triangle Freethought Society (TFS) welcomes back our friend Andrew L. Seidel, Vice President of Strategic Communications for Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and author of The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American and American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom. Copies of American Crusade will be on sale at the venue if you’d like to get a signed copy.

Please join us at the Morgan Street Food Hall for dinner after the program. The Food Hall is just around the corner from the venue and we will simply walk over and try to get seating together. The Food Hall has a variety of options of food and drink.

Parking Options

Below are several parking options near the event location:

Municipal Complex Parking Deck - Free all day, 6 Minute Walk
201 W Morgan St, Raleigh, NC 27601

301 Hillsborough St Parking - $6 all day, 2 Minute Walk
301 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27603

504 Hillsborough Lot - $10 for 2 hours, 1 Minute Walk
504 W Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27603

Powerhouse Garage - $10 for 2 Hours, 4 Minute Walk
513 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27603

Andrew L. Seidel’s Bio:

Critically acclaimed author and constitutional attorney Andrew L. Seidel looks at some of the key Supreme Court cases over the last decade to show how a hallowed legal protection, freedom of religion, has been turned into a tool to advance privilege and impose conservative Christianity on others.

Andrew’s been fighting to keep state and church separate for more than a decade. Currently, Andrew is the VP of Strategic Communications at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the largest organization fighting for that founding principle. Previously, Andrew served as a constitutional attorney at the Freedom From Religion Foundation beginning in 2011 and later as the Director of Strategic Response, running a nimble unit known as the Strategic Response Team. 

Andrew is a Senior Correspondent at Religion Dispatches and is a prolific author of op-eds and  scholarly articles. He organized and contributed to the groundbreaking report “Christian Nationalism at the January 6, 2021, Insurrection,” which was published by the Baptist Joint Committee and FFRF and which aroused congressional interest. He’s appeared on Fox News to debate Bill O’Reilly, on MSNBC, as well as on hundreds of other media outlets.

Andrew graduated cum laude from Tulane University ('04) with a B.S. in neuroscience and environmental science and magna cum laude from Tulane University Law School ('09, part of the first post-Katrina class), where he was awarded the Haber J. McCarthy Award for excellence in environmental law. He studied human rights and international law at the University of Amsterdam and traveled the world on Semester at Sea. Andrew completed his Master of Laws at Denver University Sturm College of Law ('11) with a perfect GPA and was awarded the Outstanding L.L.M. Award for his work as the Erik Bluemel International Environmental Law Fellow.

Before dedicating his life and law degree to keeping state and church separate, Andrew was a Grand Canyon tour guide and an accomplished nature photographer.

While this event is open to the public and all are welcome, this is not a time or place for debate or evangelizing. Anyone causing a disturbance or making others uncomfortable will be asked to leave.