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Opinion: Will this be the last Memorial Day for the Bladensburg monument?

May 25, 2018 • In the News

By: Hiram Sasser, First Liberty Institute Senior Counsel. Originally published on the Washington Examiner on May 18, 2018. The Bladensburg World War I veterans memorial is more than a monument. It’s a gravestone for 49 men and boys who died in defense of our freedom on European soil. The mothers […]

Breaking News You Need to Know

May 23, 2018 • In the News

First Liberty attorneys continue to be the first word behind many of today’s breaking religious liberty news stories and cases. Stay up-to-date on the conversations that are happening right now in our national media. Legislating Censorship in California By:  Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel at First Liberty Institute. Originally published on NationalReview.com […]

High school forced valedictorian to strip Jesus references from graduation speech, he says

May 22, 2018 • In the News

Graduation was supposed to be a joyous time for Sam Blackledge, but the valedictorian of West Prairie High School in Sciota, Illinois, said the experience left him feeling awful. “I never felt that feeling before,” he told Fox News. “It was terrible. I felt like I wanted to cry.” For […]

Valedictorian claims school wouldn’t let him give speech with religious references

May 22, 2018 • In the News

The graduation ceremony may be over, but the controversy lives on in McDonough County. Sam Blackledge says he wasn’t able to give his valedictorian speech at West Prairie High this weekend. “It was really upsetting,” states Blackledge. “I wanted to share that the need for every person is Jesus, and […]

Jesus banned: School censors valedictorian’s religious speech

May 22, 2018 • In the News

Sam Blackledge had worked hard on his valedictorian address. He had written a wonderful speech declaring to his teachers and classmates that he is a follower of Jesus Christ. But administrators at West Prairie High School in Illinois would not let the 18-year-old deliver that speech – because the content was […]

Valedictorian: “They Told Me I Had to Take Christ Out of My Speech”

May 21, 2018 • In the News

Sam Blackledge had worked hard on his valedictorian address. He had written a wonderful speech declaring to his teachers and classmates that he is a follower of Jesus Christ. But administrators at West Prairie High School in Illinois would not let the 18-year-old deliver that speech – because the content […]

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