“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof….” So begins the First Amendment to our Constitution. Those words have been turned into a “law” that allows courts to demand an impenetrable wall of separation between religion and government. A recent case shows […]
First Liberty Institute has sent a letter to the U.S. Army urging it to reverse an investigator’s decision that Army Chaplain Scott Squires be disciplined for following both Army regulations and the religious tenets of his endorsing denomination. The original complaint against Chaplain Squires began when he explained to a […]
Last week, our law firm, First Liberty Institute, filed a lawsuit on behalf U.S. Air Force veteran Oscar Rodriguez. He was assaulted and forcibly removed from a fellow airman’s retirement ceremony by Air Force officials because his flag-folding speech contained the word “God.” In response, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, […]
Decision on parking regulations for a congregation that does not drive on the Sabbath anticipated Tuesday by Dallas Board of Adjustment Dallas, Texas—First Liberty Institute and its network attorneys at Winston & Strawn, LLP, today urged city officials on the Dallas Board of Adjustment to grant Congregation Toras Chaim […]
Chaplain faces reprimand for following Army rules, religious tenets WASHINGTON, DC—First Liberty Institute today sent a letter to the U.S. Army urging it to reverse an investigator’s decision and recommendation that First Liberty client, Army Chaplain Scott Squires, be disciplined for following both Army regulations and the religious tenets of […]
Michael Berry of the First Liberty Institute speaks to The Christian Institute after the US Air Force cleared Colonel Leland Bohannon of any wrongdoing.
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