Press Statement For Immediate Release: 6.11.20 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Religious Liberty Leader Kelly Shackelford’s Statement Regarding Today’s Remarks by President Trump in Dallas Dallas, TX— Today, First Liberty Institute President, CEO, and Chief Counsel Kelly Shackelford attended a round-table discussion of race relations and faith hosted by […]
Catholic Social Services (CSS) of Philadelphia has offered services to needy children and families since 1797. The services offered are among those essential to life in a bustling city, including connecting children to loving foster homes.
News Release For Immediate Release: 6.10.20 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Churches Inform Massachusetts Mayor of Plans to Immediately Resume In-Person Church Gatherings Despite His Order Somerville, MA mayor imposed restrictions on churches much stricter those required by Governor Baker, public health recommendations Somerville, MA—First Liberty Institute and the […]
As First Liberty continues to win victories for the reopening of churches and houses of worship across the country, a pattern is emerging that proves a crucial point we have known all along: religious freedom is the first freedom in the Constitution for a reason.
A panel of experts for the taxpayer-subsidized National Public Radio (NPR) recently rated “The Risks of 14 Summer Activities” they say Americans face due to COVID-19. While evaluating everything from a “BYOB backyard gathering with one other household” to “using a public restroom,” NPR advances an anti-religious trope that was put to rest recently by a panel of federal judges.
We did not suddenly arrive to the moment where riot police arrest CNN journalists. Though the issues may be complex, recent history suggests that the suppression of civil rights—even for a pandemic—leads inexorably to the abuse of other core freedoms by the government.
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