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.
Sixteen Attorneys General sent a letter to YouTube executives demanding answers regarding YouTube’s treatment of politically conservative content creators and channels since January 1, 2019, including First Liberty Institute client and Christian conservative commentator Steve Deace.
First Liberty Institute and the law firms Miller Farmer Carlson, First & Fourteenth PLLC, and Dechert LLP filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of Education ReEnvisioned and Riverstone Academy asking the court to declare that the state’s ban on funding for religious education violates the First Amendment.
The following statement regarding the removal of Carrie Prejean Boller from the President’s Religious Liberty Commission may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty Institute, and a member of the Commission.
Today, First Liberty clients testified at a meeting before the President’s Religious Liberty Commission describing past and ongoing threats to the First Amendment rights of members of the Jewish Community, pastors, and employees in the private sector.
The following statement regarding “Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools” issued by the Trump Administration may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty Institute:
We thank President Trump for his strong efforts to protect America’s first freedom—religious freedom. These revisions to the Guidelines on Prayer and Religious Expression ensure that the religious liberty of students in public schools is protected. The Supreme Court made it clear in our victory for Coach Joe Kennedy that America’s students and teachers are free to exercise their faith in school. We will continue to fight to ensure that every school in the nation gets that message.
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