Religious Liberty
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May 25th, 2018
First Liberty, working with the law firm of Jones Day, filed a petition for rehearing en banc on behalf of The American Legion.U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declared unconstitutional the historic cross-shaped Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial. Source: Bladensburg | Cases | First Liberty
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May 24th, 2018
sea of graduation mortarboards
By: Todd Starnes – foxnews.com – May 21, 2018 Sam Blackledge had worked hard on his valedictorian address. He had written a wonderful speech declaring to his teachers and classmates that he is a follower of Jesus Christ. But administrators at West Prairie High School in Illinois would not let the 18-year-old deliver that speech – because the content was...
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May 24th, 2018
sea of graduation mortarboards
By: Todd Starnes – foxnews.com – May 21, 2018 Sam Blackledge had worked hard on his valedictorian address. He had written a wonderful speech declaring to his teachers and classmates that he is a follower of Jesus Christ. But administrators at West Prairie High School in Illinois would not let the 18-year-old deliver that speech – because the content was...
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May 8th, 2018
religious freedom-not discriminate
By: David French – nationalreview.com – May 7, 2018 Constitutional freedoms will die if we forget the importance of defending them even for those whom we hate. Democratic congressman Ted Lieu is at it again. Days after tweeting that Michael Cohen’s decision to take the Fifth in the Stormy Daniels civil litigation was “powerful confirmation that the US Attorney’s Office...
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May 8th, 2018
President Trump at roundtable
By Robert Knight – washingtontimes.com – May 6, 2018 I’m told by one of my favorite millennials that many of her friends have not heard anything at all positive about President Trump. The left, which turned a blind eye to the flagrant immorality of Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton, is ordering evangelical Christians to abandon Mr. Trump. Before too many...
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May 8th, 2018
President Trump at roundtable
By Robert Knight – washingtontimes.com – May 6, 2018 I’m told by one of my favorite millennials that many of her friends have not heard anything at all positive about President Trump. The left, which turned a blind eye to the flagrant immorality of Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton, is ordering evangelical Christians to abandon Mr. Trump. Before too many...
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May 3rd, 2018
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By: staff – firstliberty.org – April 2018 Scott Squires has served his country for 25 years, first as an enlisted soldier, and now as a Chaplain in the United States Army. No chaplain in the military can serve without an endorsement by a recognized religious organization. The North American Mission Board (NAMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is the...
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May 3rd, 2018
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By: Staff – firstliberty.org – April, 2018 The U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would not review the case Livingston Christian School v. Genoa Charter Township, in which attorneys for First Liberty Institute and Covington & Burling, LLP represent Livingston Christian School. Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that it is not a burden...
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May 3rd, 2018
Anti-Christian-LGBT-Activist-Protester
By: George Yancey – stream.org – May 2, 2018 Why do people support sexual minorities — gays, lesbians and the transgendered? Is it purely that they agree with the people and their goals? My research, along with others’, suggests that while this appears to be their primary motivation, it’s not the whole story. Some of it is linked to hatred...
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May 2nd, 2018
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By: National Day of Prayer – nationaldayofprayer.org 4 Prayer Priorities for America, May 2018 While Thursday, May 3, is our National Day of Prayer, we must be vigilant to pray for America consistently and even daily. These are our four major prayer priorities for America in the month of May. Oh, wouldn’t it be incredible if millions of Americans could...
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