News Release For Immediate Release: 3.7.24 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Pastor Hosting Religious Gatherings in Home Responds to Town’s Legal Threats The Town of Weare targets religious assembly while turning a blind eye to comparable secular activity. Weare, NH—First Liberty Institute, prominent law firm King & Spalding LLP, […]
News Release For Immediate Release: 3.4.24 Contact: Peyton Drew, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Religious Accommodation Process for All VA Employees Opposed to Abortion Included in New Rule After Nurse Practitioner Lawsuit Stephanie Carter faced violating her conscience after VA began performing abortions at installations nationwide. Washington, D.C.—New regulations from the Department […]
News Release For Immediate Release: 2.28.24 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Hulu Quickly Reverses Course, Approves Church Ad Promoting Worship Service Law firm hopes television platform will publish advertising policy and apply it fairly to avoid future conflicts. Ft. Worth, TX—First Liberty Institute today announced that Hulu has reversed […]
News Release For Immediate Release: 2.26.24 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Hulu Rejects Church Ad Promoting Worship Service As “Religious Indoctrination” Google, Twitter, and Facebook, facing scrutiny at the U.S. Supreme Court for unfair censorship, accepted the ad, but Hulu refuses to place it. Ft. Worth, TX—First Liberty Institute […]
First Liberty Institute today announced that St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas has reinstated Dr. Johnson Varkey, a former adjunct professor, a year after he was fired for teaching standard principles about human biology and reproduction. First Liberty Institute filed a charge of discrimination at the EEOC against St. Philip’s and the Alamo Community College District earlier this year. Several Members of Congress also weighed in and called for Dr. Varkey’s reinstatement.
Yesterday, a federal district court issued an order stating a class action lawsuit initially filed by several Navy SEALs and other Naval Special Warfare personnel against the Navy for punishing servicemembers who had religious objections to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate is not moot and can continue. The court stated that although Congress rescinded the vaccine mandate, the Navy’s “sham” religious accommodation process that it used to punish thousands of sailors is still in place. In other words, the Navy has done nothing to address the source of the problem.