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.
First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Detroit on behalf of Matthew Lipscomb, who is denied the opportunity to share life-affirming messages with women visiting the Scotsdale Abortion Center. The denial follows a new ordinance that criminalizes individuals who stand within 15 feet of the entrance or approach a person to converse or hand out resources within 100 feet of the entrance.
The Supreme Court of the United States today decided 8-1 in Chiles v. Salazar, that a Colorado law banning licensed counselors discussing certain types of counseling with minors is unconstitutional. The ban barred professional counselors like Petitioner Kaley Chiles from engaging in religiously-based talk therapy with her clients if she does not provide the “gender affirming” perspective the state requires.
