A battle is brewing at a Virginia apartment complex over a semi-retired pastor’s Bible study group. The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg reported Friday that the complex’s owner has threatened to evict Kenneth Hauge if he continues hosting the Bible studies. Residents received a letter notifying residents that the complex was […]
There are two hard and fast rules in life: don’t mess with Texas and don’t mess with Texas cheerleaders. The Kountze Independent School District learned that lesson the hard way. The Texas Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear the school district’s appeal of a case involving Bible verses written […]
Court rejects the Kountze ISD latest attack on cheerleader’s freedom to have Bible verses on run-through banners Austin, TX—The Texas Supreme Court today denied to hear the Kountze Independent School District’s appeal of an earlier decision protecting the right of cheerleaders in that district to have Bible verses on run-through […]
Every year, First Liberty Institute bestows the Philip B. Onderdonk Jr. Religious Liberty Award to one exceptional individual for his or her efforts to defend religious liberty. This year, Kelly Shackelford announced President Donald J. Trump as the 2018 Philip B. Onderdonk Jr. Religious Liberty Award honoree at The American […]
First Liberty’s Deputy General Counsel, Jeremy Dys, shares more about the Army’s decision to vindicate Chaplain Squires & SSG Griffin. First Liberty cannot win these important cases without YOUR support. Victories like that of Chaplain Squires and SSG Griffin happen because of ongoing partnerships with people like you during this […]
By Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel of First Liberty Institute Thanks to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the federal government clarified that it is free to work with whichever organization is best able to achieve the government’s goals, providing optimal services to those in […]