Religious Liberty
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December 27th, 2024
US Capitol Nativity Event
The Capitol Nativity event was a testament to the freedoms enshrined in the Constitution, particularly the right to express faith in public settings.
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December 20th, 2024
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Several religious institutions and leaders including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Coalition for Jewish Values, Patrick Henry College, and the Association of Christian Schools International have filed “friend-of-the-court” briefs urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a lower court decision that forced Bethesda University to include board members who do not follow their firmly held, religious...
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December 17th, 2024
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NRB joins complaint challenging Johnson Amendment’s restrictions on First Amendment freedoms of nonprofit organizations, including churches.
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December 6th, 2024
First Liberty Press Release
New York School Denies Student Request to Form an Official Bible Club Despite Meeting School Requirements The school denied officially recognizing the club stating that it would “unconstitutionally” endorse religion. Waterville, NY—First Liberty Institute, along with C. Kevin […]
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November 22nd, 2024
Trump in a tux
By Daniel Henninger – wsj.com – November 20, 2024 Bureaucracies kept winning because no one paid attention to them. Until now. It is no wonder that Donald Trump said at his postelection Mar-a-Lago gala: “You have to start my term from Nov. 5, OK?” Mr. Trump knows the clock is ticking on his final term. His No. 1 second-term goal...
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November 22nd, 2024
Fire Chief Ron Hittle
Several religious organizations, including The Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, The American Hindu Coalition, Muslim Public Affairs Council, and  Samaritan’s Purse, joined other organizations by filing “friend-of-the court” briefs urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a lower court decision that upheld the City of Stockton’s firing of long-time fire chief Ron Hittle, after attending a leadership...
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November 14th, 2024
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Attorneys for First Liberty Institute and Greenberg Traurig LLP today asked the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a lower court decision that forced Bethesda University to include board members who do not follow their firmly held, religious beliefs.
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November 14th, 2024
La Costa Heights Elementary, encinita
Parents have a right to opt their children out from teaching that violates their sincere religious beliefs.
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November 13th, 2024
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The Future of Faith and Freedom Right now, there’s a war over culture itself and we’ve been told that we can’t make a difference. That we should give up and adapt to the new normal. But a movement is growing…
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November 8th, 2024
smug Trump with traditional white clapboard church
On Nov. 5, Americans from coast-to-coast chose to return Former President Donald Trump to the White House. First Liberty President, CEO & Chief Counsel Kelly Shackelford discusses how the forthcoming Trump administration can protect religious liberty for all Americans by building on its previous record.
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