First Liberty Institute and the Thomas More Society announced a settlement between the City of Asheville, NC and Zachary Hebb, who was previously denied the ability to share his pro-life message conversationally through an amplifier device outside Asheville Health Center, the only abortion center in Asheville. Now, the city has amended its ordinance to allow amplified speech up to that which is clearly audible 150 feet away from a device, ensuring Hebb and others can be heard by those walking into and around the center.
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.
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