First Liberty Institute announced today that the KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School in Nashville, TN has agreed to clear the record of teacher Eric Rivera after previously issuing a “final warning letter” and removing him from his first grade teaching position when he refused to read a book to his first graders that promotes same-sex marriage despite having another teacher read the material. The school also agreed to “permit all teachers to ask another employee to read materials objectionable to their faith.”
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review of an appeal seeking to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirming dismissal of a lawsuit against the North American Mission Board (“NAMB”) of the Southern Baptist Convention (“SBC”).
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision reversing a preliminary injunction against Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law. The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty Institute:
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a permanent injunction enjoining the City of Mansfield from using zoning ordinances to restrict Christian nonprofit, Arms of Hope, from placing clothing donation bins in convenient, popular locations.
First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of Abigail Martinez, asking the Court to grant certiorari in International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. v. Ferguson, a pivotal parental rights case that is seeking Supreme Court review of a Washington state law that strips parents of their right to decide what is best for their child. The Ninth Circuit wrongly held that parents can’t even bring a legal challenge to a state law that violates their parental rights –until it’s too late, when their child actually runs away from home or tries to undergo an irreversible gender transition.
First Liberty Institute sent a letter to officials at the KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School in Nashville, TN on behalf of Eric Rivera, a former first grade teacher, demanding that the school clear his record and adopt policies that ensure teachers are accommodated after he was reassigned for refusing to read two books to first graders that promote same-sex marriage. The letter also asks the school to ensure that parents are notified when topics of sexuality are going to be discussed.
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