By: First Liberty – firstliberty.org – August, 2016 School district fires football coach Joe Kennedy over prayer The Bremerton School District suspended, and later fired, Coach Kennedy over his silent, 15-second prayer. First Liberty Institute filed a lawsuit against the school district in August 2016, where a federal district court upheld Coach Kennedy’s termination. Following oral arguments in 2017, a...

By: Kate Shellnutt – christianitytoday.com – June 15, 2018 Trinity Western University has lost a years-long legal fight to launch what would be the only Christian law school in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada considered a pair of appeals cases involving regional law societies that refused to accredit the Trinity Western program due to the evangelical institution’s student covenant,...

By: Brock Simmons – thegatewaypundit.com – June 17, 2018 Between Baltimore and D.C., in the suburb of Laurel, sits Ragamuffins Coffee House. Run by neighborhood Redemption Community Church, the nonprofit coffee shop opened with the intention of serving the community as well as presenting the Gospel. Until the city instituted a new zoning ordinance, banning the coffee shop from holding...

By: Lindsey Bever – washingtonpost.com – June 7, 2018 A top CrossFit employee has been fired after applauding a gym that shut down a workout session supporting the LGBT community, saying “celebrating ‘pride’ is a sin.” Russell Berger, who has been previously identified by The Washington Post as a head trainer and company spokesman, made the statement Wednesday on Twitter,...

By: Stephanie N. Taub – nationalreview.com – May 18, 2018 A bill in the state assembly would restrict access to information on marriage and human sexuality. People have a right to hear all sides of controversial issues and to decide for themselves what they want to believe. They should be free to buy books and attend conferences that address controversial...

By: Melissa Quinn – washingtonexaminer.com – June 13, 2018 The Justice Department has rolled out a new initiative that aims to protect the ability of religious institutions to access facilities through increased enforcement of federal land use provisions. Called the “Place to Worship” Initiative, the project will emphasize the ability of places of worship and religious institutions to build, expand,...

By: Staff – firstliberty.org – June, 2018 Welcome to Airmont, NY, a village born in bigotry The Village of Airmont’s infamous history has been well documented by the New York Times and others. Until 1991, Airmont was an unincorporated area of Ramapo, governed by the Town’s zoning decisions. In the mid-1980s, an organization called the Airmont Civic Association, Inc. (“ACA”),...

By: Staff – firstliberty.org – June, 2018 Welcome to Airmont, NY, a village born in bigotry The Village of Airmont’s infamous history has been well documented by the New York Times and others. Until 1991, Airmont was an unincorporated area of Ramapo, governed by the Town’s zoning decisions. In the mid-1980s, an organization called the Airmont Civic Association, Inc. (“ACA”),...

By: Linda Wall – barbwire.com – June 1, 2018 When the voice of the Living God thundered at me, “You’ve put me off ten years, you won’t put me off any longer,” I knew it was my last chance to repent and turn from my homosexuality. America is rapidly moving towards her last chance for “REPENTANCE”. The dominoes are falling....

By: Jonathan Saenz – txvalues.org – June 4, 2018 This morning the U.S. Supreme Court released its Masterpiece Cakeshop decision, holding 7-2 that the Colorado government violated the constitutional rights (Free Exercise Clause) of private business owner and cake baker Jack Phillips. Last year, Texas Values joined 32 state family policy organizationsfrom across the country supporting Colorado cake shop owner Jack...