The fundamental First Amendment rights of the Catholic Church in America, its charitable institutions and the religious freedom of our fellow Catholics have come under assault by an increasingly overreaching and intrusive federal government.

We the undersigned American Catholics, representing a diversity of political views, stand united in defense of the religious liberties of our shared Catholic faith.

The fundamental First Amendment rights of the Catholic Church in America, its charitable institutions and the religious freedom of all Americans have come under assault by an increasingly overreaching and intrusive federal government.

We, the undersigned, representing a diversity of faiths, values and political views, stand united in defense of the religious liberties of the Catholic faith.