First Liberty Institute, Williams & Connolly, Church State Council, and Jennifer Kennedy filed a petition at the Supreme Court of the United States asking the Justices to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that sided with Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue (“SRFR”) upholding its decision to refuse religious accommodation to eight firefighters known as the Snohomish Eight. SRFR claimed that providing a COVID-19 vaccine accommodation would have imposed an undue hardship on the fire station, so they placed the firefighters on indefinite leave.
First Liberty Institute and the law firms Haynes and Boone, LLP and Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC sent a demand letter to the City of Rainsville, AL after Total Recovery Ministries was denied a permit to use its property for a discipleship ministry for men struggling with various addictions. The city also sent a “cease-and-desist” demanding that all ministry efforts be stopped.
Today, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued an explosive report exposing the Biden Administration for selectively enforcing the FACE Act against pro-life groups in coordination with pro-abortion organizations while ignoring increasing violence against pro-life pregnancy centers.
First Liberty Institute sent a demand letter on behalf of Brant Zeller after the City of New Orleans prevented him from distributing Gospel literature or holding a sign that reads, “Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life” in a city park.
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.
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