By: ADF Staff – adflegal.org – July 20, 2019 Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Michigan funeral home filed a petition Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court that asks the court to review a lower-court decision that redefines the word “sex” in federal law to mean “gender identity.” A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled...

By: Jeremy Dys – firstthings.com – May 2019 Two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, conservative religious voters who supported him despite reports of his personal immorality appear to have been vindicated. Religious freedom has turned out to be, as candidate Trump promised, one of President Trump’s chief priorities. And he has prioritized it to good effect. Three months into his presidency,...

By: Caleb Parke – FoxNews.com – July 25, 2019 Tega Cay City Manager Charlotte Charlie says city hall received complaints almost immediately after the memorial went up and, following meetings with the city attorney, they decided to get rid of the word in question. After literally scrubbing references to the “Lord” from a memorial honoring fallen police officers, a “divided” South Carolina...

By: Nicole Russell – stream.org – July 11, 2019 A Christian student group at Wayne State University will ask a federal court on Wednesday to require public universities to treat religious student groups equally to other campus groups. This particular case, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship v. Wayne State University, demonstrates the many ways progressives twist the concept of discrimination to serve their own purposes....

By: Staff – firstliberty.org – June 9, 2019 Lawsuit seeks documents explaining decision to ban popular restaurant from having location at airport because of the chain’s charitable giving First Liberty Institute today joined a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking documents from San Antonio city officials regarding the City’s decision to exclude Chick-fil-A from operating at the...

By: Owen Daugherty – thehill.com – June 2, 2019 Several attendees at a government meeting open to the public in Alaska walked out in protest after an opening prayer praised Satan. The Associated Press reports the prayer, where a woman declared “Hail Satan,” was given by Satanic Temple member Iris Fontana, who won the right to open the meeting with an...

By: Owen Daugherty – thehill.com – June 2, 2019 Several attendees at a government meeting open to the public in Alaska walked out in protest after an opening prayer praised Satan. The Associated Press reports the prayer, where a woman declared “Hail Satan,” was given by Satanic Temple member Iris Fontana, who won the right to open the meeting with an...

By Kelly Shackelford – foxnews.com – June 21, 2019 Thursday’s 7-2 Supreme Court decision allowing a Peace Cross war memorial to remain on public land in Bladensburg, Md., near the nation’s capital is a landmark victory for religious freedom. This is good news for America. Thankfully, the days of activist courts illegitimately weaponizing the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause to attack religious symbols on...

By: Gary Bower – ouramericanvalues.org – June 21, 2019 The Peace Cross Can Stay The Supreme Court’s 7-to-2 decision yesterday allowing a large cross in Bladensburg, Maryland, to remain on public land is a significant victory.  The cross was erected in 1925 in honor of 49 local heroes who gave their lives in World War I.  Kudos to Kelly Shackelford, President and...

By: First Liberty – firstliberty.org – June 13, 2019 Today, in a 7-2 decision, the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States preserved the nearly 100-year old Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial, along with memorials like it bearing religious symbols across the country. Most importantly, in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association, the Justices reaffirmed that the First Amendment...