REPEAL THE NOAHIDE LAWS & STOP EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY 2026

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We, the undersigned citizens of the United States, urgently petition our representatives in Congress, local government officials, and the White House to take immediate action to repeal a series of federal laws and proclamations that inappropriately entwine religious doctrine with governmental authority, promote divisive and offensive ideologies, and undermine the foundational principles of our Constitution. Specifically, we demand the repeal of Public Laws 97-166, 100-25, 100-279, 101-267, 102-14, 103-14, 99-19, 102-268, 103-229, 98-264, 99-276, 101-15, along with Proclamations 4921, 5957, 5181, 5463, and 5317, as well as any other laws or proclamations established under the banner of "Education and Sharing Day" or those that reference Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Furthermore, we implore President Trump to refrain from signing any proclamation for Education and Sharing Day in 2026, thereby halting the perpetuation of this troubling tradition that has spanned decades and eroded the separation of church and state.
These laws and proclamations collectively assert that the Noahide Laws, derived from Jewish religious texts such as the Babylonian Talmud, form the bedrock of civilized society and the very foundation upon which the United States was established, a claim that is historically inaccurate and misleading, as our nation's founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, draw from Enlightenment ideals, natural law philosophies, and diverse influences rather than exclusively from these specific religious precepts, which were not central to the framers' deliberations or the establishment of American governance. By elevating the Noahide Laws as the cornerstone of society and warning that without them civilization risks descending into chaos, these enactments suggest that adherence to this particular set of religious rules is essential for societal endurance, thereby implying a governmental endorsement of one faith's moral framework over others, which directly contravenes the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment by respecting an establishment of religion and favoring Jewish interpretive traditions in a pluralistic nation where no single creed should hold official sway.
Moreover, these measures proclaim that society is deeply concerned with the weakening of the Noahide Laws' principles, framing this as a crisis threatening the fabric of civilization and preoccupying the nation, while insisting that it is the collective responsibility of Americans to transmit these ethics to future generations, complete with reminders of this supposed duty, which amounts to an implicit call for state-sponsored propagation of religious values, further entangling government with theology in a manner that pressures citizens to conform to a specific worldview, even though such laws may not be outright unconstitutional in every aspect, they are profoundly offensive and warrant repeal for promoting an exclusionary narrative that marginalizes non-adherents and distorts historical truth. The repeated emphasis on the Lubavitch movement's role in fostering these values worldwide, coupled with honors bestowed upon Rabbi Schneerson as the universally respected leader of spiritual guidance for world Jewry, elevates a particular religious figure and organization to a quasi-official status, suggesting that the United States government aligns itself with their interpretations, including programs like "turn and return" or "education and giving," which aim to use education and charity to restore global adherence to the Noahide Laws, and even reference an international scroll signed by the President and other heads of state as a fulfillment of this vision, thereby internationalizing a religious agenda through American leadership in a way that compromises our commitment to religious neutrality.

In the proclamations, the Noahide Laws are described as a moral code applicable to all people regardless of faith, often cited as universal norms of ethical conduct and the essence of education at its best, with an imperative to pass this heritage to young Americans, and in one instance, six of the seven laws are explicitly outlined by President George H. W. Bush, including prohibitions against murder, robbery, adultery, blasphemy, and greed, as well as the positive command to establish courts of justice, but this presentation masks their origins as Jewish laws specifically for non-Jews, imposing a framework that violates the spirit of religious freedom by prescribing penalties, such as death by decapitation for infractions like idolatry or blasphemy, which could encompass practices of other religions, including Christianity or Islam as defined by certain interpretations, thus restricting the free exercise of religion under the First Amendment, even if not enforced, the mere endorsement of such a system in official documents fosters an environment where non-conforming beliefs are implicitly deemed inferior or perilous.

These Noahide Laws, as articulated in the Talmud, command non-Jews to abstain from idolatry, blasphemy, sexual immorality(which is not evenly applied to all sexual acts, for example, adultery is only a crime for women, not men. Male homosexuality is a crime, but lesbianism is legal.) murder, theft, and eating flesh from a living animal, while mandating the setup of courts to enforce them with capital punishment for violations, and while they may appear benign on the surface, their integration into U.S. law and proclamations offends core American values by limiting freedom of religion through the ban on idolatry, which could be interpreted to prohibit veneration in various faiths, and curtailing freedom of speech via the prohibition on blasphemy against God or Judaism, thereby clashing with the First Amendment's protections against laws that establish religion or impede its free exercise, as Congress is barred from making any law respecting an establishment of religion, yet these enactments do precisely that by lauding a Talmudic system as foundational to our society. Ethically, this is untenable, as it promotes a hierarchical view where one group's religious laws are exalted, potentially alienating citizens of diverse backgrounds and undermining the equality that defines our democracy.

Compounding these issues is the veneration of Rabbi Schneerson, whose teachings, as documented in the book Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel by Israel Shahak and Norton Mezvinsky, reveal deeply offensive anti-Gentile sentiments that portray non-Jews as inherently inferior, asserting that the difference between Jews and non-Jews is not merely a matter of superior status but a distinction between totally different species, with the body of a Jewish person being of a fundamentally different quality from that of non-Jews, and non-Jewish souls originating from satanic spheres while Jewish souls stem from holiness, leading to halachic rulings where a non-Jew is punished by death for killing even a non-Jewish embryo, but a Jew is not punished even for killing a Jewish embryo, because the non-Jew's existence is deemed vanity and subsidiary, created solely to serve Jews, with all divine emanations and the heavens and earth existing for the sake of Jews, who are the ultimate purpose, rendering non-Jews as means to an end rather than ends in themselves. Such views, which Schneerson consistently held and which became official Lubavitch doctrine, dehumanize non-Jews by likening their bodies and souls to lesser kinds, justifying differential treatment under religious law, including prohibitions on aborting non-Jewish fetuses not out of moral concern for life but because the fetus is seen as property-like, destined for service to Jews, and these derogatory beliefs make the governmental praise of Schneerson profoundly unethical, as honoring a figure who espoused such inequality contradicts America's commitment to human dignity, equal protection under the law, and the rejection of supremacist ideologies, rendering these laws and proclamations not only inaccurate but morally repugnant and in need of repeal to affirm our nation's dedication to inclusivity and justice for all.

For these compelling legal and ethical reasons—ranging from violations of constitutional principles like the separation of church and state, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, to the promotion of historically false narratives and the endorsement of offensive, discriminatory views that divide rather than unite—we call upon our elected officials to repeal these measures in their entirety and urge President Trump to break from this precedent by declining to sign Education and Sharing Day 2026, ensuring that future governmental actions remain free from religious favoritism and true to the pluralistic ideals that strengthen our republic. We encourage all who share these concerns to forward this petition to their congressional representatives, local leaders, and the White House, amplifying our collective voice for a more equitable and constitutionally sound America.