Religious Liberty
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July 24th, 2023
St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC
By: Tim Busch – nationalreview.com – July 23, 2023 ‘We don’t want to convert the young people to Christ or to the Catholic Church or anything like that.” Who said these words? Not an atheist. Not a defender of the separation of church and state. Not even a member of another Christian tradition or a different religion altogether. This declaration came from...
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June 30th, 2023
Lorie Smith, owner of the website design company 303 Creative
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado cannot force a Christian website designer to create websites celebrating same-sex marriage.
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June 30th, 2023
Gerald Groff and First Liberty team
Gerald Groff was forced to quit his job as a postal carrier because of his religious beliefs. He believes in the Christian Sabbath, but the USPS refused his religious accommodation request not to work on Sundays after initially granting his request.
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June 29th, 2023
Gerald Groff and First Liberty team
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a religious freedom case brought by a former postal worker who refused to work Sundays due to Sabbath observance.
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June 16th, 2023
FLI cases - G Groff, A and M Klein
The U.S. Supreme Court’s current term is expected to end by June 30th. We’re waiting for the outcomes on TWO of our cases, as well as a third important free speech case with huge implications for religious liberty.
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June 8th, 2023
Stephen Hatherley, left, leads fellow trainees down a hallway - Haslet, TX
More than half of Protestant churches rely on armed members as part of their security plans, a survey of pastors shows.
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May 12th, 2023
The Case for Liberty - First Libert
The Case for Liberty The Case for Liberty is a biweekly program from First Liberty. It offers a deep dive into the most important religious freedom cases of our day with some of the nation’s top religious freedom attorneys. First Liberty’s Chris Freund will be the host and guide through the conversations – delving into the details of our strategies...
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May 5th, 2023
TX Texas state capitol
A bill that would require display of the Ten Commandments in all public classrooms appears on track to be heard by the Texas House.
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May 5th, 2023
section of the Supreme Court bldg.
Conservatives have long wanted to overturn the Chevron doctrine, which tells judges to defer to federal agencies when interpreting ambiguous federal laws.
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April 28th, 2023
SCOTUS Supreme Court Building twilight
Attorneys with First Liberty Institute sent an advisory letter to the Davis School District in Utah urging it to keep the Bible following a complaint from a parent that it was “porn.”
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