News Release For Immediate Release: 6.13.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Colorado Church, Town of Castle Rock Agree to Settlement The Rock Church, Town of Castle Rock, CO agree to settlement that permits church to house and help those in need. Castle Rock, CO—Attorneys for The Rock Church announced […]
News Release For Immediate Release: 6.11.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 City of Ventura, CA Disavows Mayor’s Claim That They “Don’t Do Prayer” at City Council Meetings The City Invites Resident to Re-Offer Prayer after Mayor Previously Interfered with her Comments at City Council Meeting Ventura, CA—First Liberty Institute […]
News Release For Immediate Release: 6.10.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Florida Christian School Asks Supreme Court to Reverse Decision Prohibiting Prayer Before Football Games Florida high school league prohibited prayer over the loudspeaker before a football game between two Christian schools. Washington, D.C.—Attorneys for Cambridge Christian School (FL) […]
News Release For Immediate Release: 6.6.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Court of Appeals Urged to Reverse Decision that Revoked the Foster Care License of Christian Families Over Gender Views The state of Vermont’s Family Services Policy considers these families unqualified to parent children because of their views on […]
The Catholic bishops of Washington asked a federal court late yesterday to block a new state law that forces priests to choose between breaking the sacred seal of confession or facing jail time before it takes effect on July 27. The law at issue in Etienne v. Ferguson requires clergy to report abuse if shared within the sacred confines of the confessional. WilmerHale and co-counsel Becket and First Liberty Institute represent Archbishop Paul Etienne, Bishop Thomas Daly, and Bishop Joseph Tyson who filed an initial lawsuit in federal court last week.
The U.S. Supreme Court today in Catholic Charities Bureau Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission unanimously reversed a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that said Catholic Charities was not a religious organization because their ministries and outreach to the poor was not religious enough.