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Todd Starnes

VICTORY! Chaplain Cleared of Wrongdoing in Same-Sex Discrimination Case

August 24, 2018 • In the News

The Army has exonerated a decorated Fort Bragg Army chaplain and his assistant after they were accused of discrimination against a same-sex couple. Chaplain Scott Squires and Chaplain Assistant Kacie Griffin had been facing “dereliction of duty” charges for declining to lead a marriage retreat that included a same-sex couple. […]

LifeZette

New HHS Rule Expands Options to Protect Conscience

August 24, 2018 • In the News

By Reed Smith, Counsel of First Liberty Institute Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is moving to fix a huge problem with Obamacare Obamacare — also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — forced many Americans, from nuns to your neighbors, to choose between […]

CBN News

US Army Major General Accused of ‘Aggressive Anti-Religious Hostility’ in Case Involving Chaplain and Same-Sex Couple

August 22, 2018 • In the News

A United States Army chaplain and a chaplain’s assistant face possible disciplinary action over a case involving a marriage retreat and a same-sex couple. First Liberty Institute, which is defending Chaplain Scott Squires, and wrote a letter on behalf of SSG Kacie Griffin, says the two “complied with Army rules […]

The Daily Caller

Judge Ozerden Would be a Pick Against Those Who Voted for the President

August 22, 2018 • In the News

By Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO at First Liberty Institute President Trump promised the American people that he would nominate constitutional conservatives to the federal bench. He has delivered on that promise in spades. But establishment politicians are pushing President Trump to nominate Judge Sul Ozerden to the U.S. Court […]

National Review

Dereliction of Leadership Imperils Military

August 17, 2018 • In the News

By Mike Berry, First Liberty Institute Deputy General Counsel and Director of Military Affairs An Army chaplain and his assistant may be disciplined for following his denomination’s rules while accommodating a same-sex couple. In my 16 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, both on active duty and now in the […]

PJ Media

Retirement Home Threatens to Evict 80-Year-Old Couple For Hosting a Bible Study

August 16, 2018 • In the News

Last month, the Evergreens at Smith Run senior living facility in Fredericksburg, Va. threatened to evict Kenneth and Liv Hauge for hosting a Bible study in their residence. This followed a long train of religious harassment, culminating in a new policy that forbids any religious events in a common area […]

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