The Sapulpa (OK) City Council voted 5-4 to approve Lee & Walnut Church of Christ’s Special Use Permit (“SUP”) this week, allowing the church to begin using its facilities for religious services.

Bad actors in and out of government will want to misuse new technology to the detriment of freedom.

Late on Monday evening, July 7, The New York Times reported that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officially acknowledged “that churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates to their congregations.” The change marks a significant shift, replacing a decades-old blanket ban on “political” activity by tax-exempt nonprofits.

Pastors have always had the right to pray, vote, and engage, but now they will also have the freedom to endorse candidates if they choose to do so.

Today, First Liberty Institute sent a demand letter to the City of Morristown, Tennessee on behalf of nearby resident, Brad Tumey, due to a local ordinance that prohibits him from hosting a candlelight vigil on the downtown green space to honor Charlie Kirk.

With increasing urgency and horror, we have been covering the terrible upsurge in political violence that threatens to tear our country apart. Yesterday came the most shocking example yet: the assassination of 31-year-old Charlie Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA and drew thousands of young people to conservatism.

By: Charles C.W. Cooke – https://www.nationalreview.com – September 2, 2025 England’s Arrest of Graham Linehan Was an Act of Calculated Tyranny Here is the first line of a story in today’s Guardian, a British newspaper: The writer of TV’s Father Ted has been arrested at Heathrow over three social media posts on transgender issues.   If you click the link and scroll down, you’ll see that...

A defense of religious freedom and a critique of theocracy in modern governance.

Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firms Mayer Brown LLP and Ganguly Brothers Misula PLLC announced that the Grand Island Central School District will allow Sabrina Steffans to design her parking space with her original submission that included a Bible verse and religious images.

First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of Grace Church St. Louis (MO) and New Way Church (FL) in support of a joint motion for the entry of a consent judgement approving the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) agreement that churches and religious organizations will no longer...