Today, Judge James D. Bates of the Court of Common Pleas of Williams County issued a final order dismissing with prejudice a lawsuit brought by city officials in Bryan, Ohio, seeking to shut down the religious activities of Dad’s Place and Pastor Chris Avell. The decision allows Dad’s Place, a Bryan, Ohio church, to continue operating its temporary shelter ministry free from interference by the city.
First Liberty Institute sent a demand letter to Amazon Inc. after the company denied employee Connor Dorsey a reasonable accommodation request that would allow him, a devout Catholic, to attend Mass and other Holy days on Sundays consistent with his religious beliefs.
First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Detroit on behalf of Matthew Lipscomb, who is denied the opportunity to share life-affirming messages with women visiting the Scotsdale Abortion Center. The denial follows a new ordinance that criminalizes individuals who stand within 15 feet of the entrance or approach a person to converse or hand out resources within 100 feet of the entrance.
The Supreme Court of the United States today decided 8-1 in Chiles v. Salazar, that a Colorado law banning licensed counselors discussing certain types of counseling with minors is unconstitutional. The ban barred professional counselors like Petitioner Kaley Chiles from engaging in religiously-based talk therapy with her clients if she does not provide the “gender affirming” perspective the state requires.
The Court of Appeals of the Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont issued an opinion determining that Grace Community Church of Woodlands, TX has valid religious liberty claims that the Southern Montgomery County Municipal Utility District charged excessive water connection fees during the construction of its new facility. Attorneys from First Liberty Institute represent the church.
First Liberty Institute and the law firm Sturgill Turner filed a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) against local Louisville coffee shop chain, Heine Brothers, on behalf of former employee and current college student, Paige Rogers.
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