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Ohio Court Extends Stay Allowing Church to Keep Doors Open, Offer Temporary Shelter; Criminal Conviction Still Pending

January 3, 2025 • Press Releases

This week, a panel of judges on the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Sixth Appellate District, granted an Ohio church’s motion to stay the preliminary injunction pending appeal, finding that the motion “asserted a reasonable question of law” on a matter of constitutional law.  The decision allows Dad’s Place, a Bryan, Ohio church, to continue its temporary shelter ministry while the case continues on appeal. First Liberty Institute and the law firms Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Spengler Nathanson PLL represent Dad’s Place.

Daytona Beach Reverses, Allows Food Distribution to Impoverished Families

December 31, 2024 • Press Releases

First Liberty Institute and the law firm Sidley Austin L.L.P. today announced that the City of Daytona Beach repealed the ordinance challenged by Seventh-Day Baptist Church of Daytona’s federal lawsuit.

Diverse Groups Urge Supreme Court to Hear University’s Appeal for Religious Autonomy

December 16, 2024 • Press Releases

Several religious institutions and leaders including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Coalition for Jewish Values, Patrick Henry College, and the Association of Christian Schools International have filed “friend-of-the-court” briefs urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a lower court decision that forced Bethesda University to include board members who do not follow their firmly held, religious beliefs.

New York School Reverses Course, Allows Student Bible Club to Meet with Full Sponsorship

December 11, 2024 • Press Releases

First Liberty Institute, along with C. Kevin Marshall and Michael Bradley from Jones Day, announced today that the Waterville Central School District will now allow the student-led Bible club to meet as a school-sponsored club along with all current non-curricular clubs.

Georgia State University Forced Conversation with Student About Faith to Cease

December 11, 2024 • Press Releases

First Liberty Institute sent a letter to Georgia State University President Dr. M. Brian Blake and Dean Dr. Barbara Johnson on behalf of Stephen Atkerson after a university representative and three armed police officers forced him to end a conversation with a GSU student outside the school dining area because of the religious content of the conversation.

State Religious Liberty Law Protects Religious Group Assisting Migrants from Being Shut Down by Government

December 10, 2024 • Press Releases

The law firm Gibson Dunn today filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of First Liberty Institute at the Texas Supreme Court in Paxton v Annunciation House, a lawsuit brought against a religious non-profit.

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