Religious Liberty
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June 16th, 2022
Coach Kennedy - First Liberty
The Coach Kennedy case is going to the Supreme Court and could finally restore the Free Exercise Clause, one of the key religious freedom clauses found in the First Amendment, for all Americans.
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June 16th, 2022
School - first liberty institute - institute for Justice
In this case—Carson v. Makin—the Institute for Justice (IJ) and First Liberty are challenging this Maine law that bans families from participating in a student-aid program if they choose to send their children to religious schools. This law unjustly discriminates against both religious schools and religious families. We could not allow this law to stand.
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June 3rd, 2022
Oakland University, MI
A Michigan university accused one of its students of breaching the school’s code of conduct because she talked about receiving a religious exemption for the COVID-19 vaccine requirement on Facebook.
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June 1st, 2022
Oakland University, MI
A Michigan university accused one of its students of breaching the school’s code of conduct because she talked about receiving a religious exemption for the COVID-19 vaccine requirement on Facebook.
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May 20th, 2022
alaska airlines jet
First Liberty Institute has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two flight attendants against Alaska Airlines after the airline terminated them because they asked questions in a company forum about the company’s support for the “Equality Act.”
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April 25th, 2022
Coach Joe Kennedy Prays w/ team
By: Joe Kennedy – wsj.com – April 24, 2022 With all the bad things I’ve done in my life, it still surprises me that I was fired for praying. I was a terrible kid. My adoptive parents did their best, but I was always getting in trouble. The Marine Corps became my ticket out of the fights, group homes and...
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April 11th, 2022
Girls playing Lacrosse
The girl’s lacrosse team at Blacksburg High School in Virginia wanted to honor their coach, who had spent ten summers volunteering in Ukrainian orphanages.
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March 28th, 2022
Inmate reading Bible
In an 8-1 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that John Ramirez should be allowed to have his Southern Baptist pastor pray aloud and lay hands on him as he is executed.
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March 18th, 2022
Navy Seal - DOD seal
This week, First Liberty filed a brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of our Navy SEAL clients. This is the third case First Liberty is currently fighting at the nation’s highest court—marking a major milestone in our organization’s history.
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March 18th, 2022
Coach Kennedy kneels
The Coach Kennedy case could finally restore the Free Exercise Clause, one of the key religious freedom clauses found in the First Amendment, for all Americans.
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