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Arkansas pastor under fire for ‘constitutional violation’ after quoting scripture at football camp

July 9, 2018 • In the News

An Arkansas pastor is speaking out after he was accused of a “constitutional violation” for giving a Bible-based devotion at a high school football camp. What’s the background? Konnor McKay, pastor of Waldron Pentecostal Church of God in Waldron, Arkansas, was invited to his former high school last month to […]

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Opinion: In Bladensburg, secularists’ attempt to raze a cross is also an effort to erase a memory

July 9, 2018 • In the News

By Jeremy Dys, First Liberty Institute Deputy General Counsel and Declan Riley Kunkel, First Liberty Legal Intern. Originally published in the Washington Examiner July 9, 2018. The names of 49 heroes are etched on the plaque of the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial—erected by Gold Star mothers and the local […]

Todd Starnes: Pastor under fire for high school football devotional

July 6, 2018 • In the News

Fox News Opinion by Todd Starnes: Originally published July 6, 2018 Konnor McKay spent his growing up years in Waldron, Arkansas. He attended Waldron High School and played on the football team – the Bulldogs. McKay did not stray too far from home after he graduated. He entered the ministry […]

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Military Sees Increase In Conflicts Over First Amendment Freedoms

July 6, 2018 • In the News

This Independence Day, millions of Americans took time to honor those in the military who risk their lives to ensure America remains free and independent. Unfortunately, an increasing number of military members are discovering their own rights to free speech and religious expression are being curtailed within the very institution […]

Law Firm Faces Charges for Defending Christian Women’s Shelter

July 5, 2018 • In the News

An Alaska law firm has been accused of violating a city’s non-discrimination ordinance after they provided legal representation to a Christian women’s shelter accused of violating the same ordinance. The Anchorage Equal Rights Commission filed a formal complaint against Brena, Bell & Clarkson, charging the law firm with committing “unlawful […]

Supreme Court Keeps Woman’s ‘Right to Prayer’ Lawsuit Alive

July 2, 2018 • In the News

Mary Anne Sause, a Kansas woman who claims police violated her First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion when they commanded her to stop praying, will have another day in court after the Supreme Court of the United States ordered a lower court Thursday to reconsider her lawsuit. […]

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