Austin Independent School District agrees to the use of its facility by community organizations like the Austin church Austin, TX—Following assurances from the Austin Independent School District (AISD) that Celebration Church of Georgetown Texas may continue to rent its Mueller Performing Arts Center, First Liberty Institute, which, along with Texas […]
By Roger Byron, Senior Counsel at First Liberty As a religious freedom attorney, I interact with many public officials and local governments. Some are clients, others are opponents. In either case, many prove to be conflict adverse and fearful, particularly in matters involving religion and government. This fear makes them […]
WASHINGTON POST | The stories of the old warriors behind the Supreme Court challenge over Maryland’s Peace Cross. A flag covered a bronze tablet, and a Gold Star mother who had lost a son to the Great War stood ready. Silhouetted against the sky of a 1925 July day at […]
By Chad Hennings, three-time Super Bowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys and a U.S. Air Force combat veteran pilot, as well as an author and successful entrepreneur In America, religious liberty is called our first freedom because it is foundational to freedom itself. First Liberty Institute, a nationwide law firm […]
By Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel at First Liberty On Sept. 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral arguments over whether the Lehigh County seal is constitutional. Attorneys representing the county argued that the seal is constitutional and need not be censored simply because it contains […]
By Lea Patterson, Associate Counsel at First Liberty IN THE home state of Thomas Jefferson and the birthplace of religious liberty, no one would expect to face the possibility of homelessness for freely exercising their religion. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to one Fredericksburg couple who received a notice threatening […]