By: James Wesolek – thefederalist.com – January 28, 2019 If the Texas legislature passes these bills, Christians near and far should be concerned about how their freedoms will be curtailed in the coming years. The 86th Texas legislative session got underway a few weeks ago, and liberals are already going on the offense in the traditional conservative stronghold. Left-leaning legislators have formed Texas’...

By: First Liberty Staff – firstliberty.org – February 27, 2019 Watch the Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial press conference following the February 27, 2019 oral argument at the Supreme Court. Kevin Bartlett, National Judge Advocate of The American Legion, and Kelly Shackelford, President of First Liberty, discuss the importance of saving the memorial and of preventing other veterans memorials from facing the same...

By: Congressman Ron Wright – wright.house.gov – January 16, 2019 RON WRIGHT FILES FIRST HOUSE RESOLUTION ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY Press Release WASHINTON, DC  — Today Congressman Ron Wright from Texas 6th District introduced his first Resolution before the House on Religious Freedom Day. HR 47 affirms that the United States of America stands united in condemning anti-Semitism in any form. Congressman Wright...

Attorneys with First Liberty Institute represent The American Legion in defense of the Bladensburg World War I memorial. The U.S. Supreme Court will now consider its constitutionality. Source: Bladensburg | Cases | First Liberty

Attorneys with First Liberty Institute represent The American Legion in defense of the Bladensburg World War I memorial. The U.S. Supreme Court will now consider its constitutionality. Source: Bladensburg | Cases | First Liberty

By: Jeremy Dys – dailywire.com – February 8, 2019 Two public appearances by senior members of the Trump Administration last month show the Administration’s fundamental commitment to religious liberty. And it’s more than just words. In a Christian Broadcasting Network News interview that fell on the heels of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to a cathedral in Egypt, a reporter...

By: James Wesolek – txvaluesaction.org – January 22, 2019 Texas Values Action sounded the alarm today on numerous bills filed in the Texas Legislature that allow the government to criminalize people of faith and effectively ban the Bible. These bills highlight a growing national trend to punish people of faith by forcing them to celebrate LGBT viewpoints or values and...

By: Sister Toldjah – redstate.com – January 23, 2019 Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) is making a name for himself in Washington, DC with his unique brand of pushback against the political opposition. He’s unafraid to mix it up with even the most vocal of critics both in the mainstream media and on the progressive left while at the same time...

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty – nationalreview.com – January 21, 2019 And the pressure they bring to bear will be a major test of faith for Christians. Think of a country where leading politicians question whether members of a long-established religious minority are fit for public office. Or where the head of state attacks the legal protections that allow minority religions...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – January 21, 2019 One of the hallmarks of populism is that it rarely represents mass mobilization simply for the people. It’s also typically mass mobilization against an opposing force — whether it’s the hated elite or the despised “other.” The for/against dynamic is inherent to some degree in all of politics, but mobilization against...