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First Liberty Institute Prepared to Support Attorney General Rutledge in Ten Commandments Monument Suit

May 23, 2018 • Press Releases

Support of General Rutledge’s efforts follows attacks by Wisconsin activists Plano, Texas—First Liberty Institute today announced that it is prepared to support Attorney General Rutledge’s efforts to defend the Ten Commandments Monument erected on the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol. Activists from the ACLU and others filed lawsuits challenging […]

High school forced valedictorian to strip Jesus references from graduation speech, he says

May 22, 2018 • In the News

Graduation was supposed to be a joyous time for Sam Blackledge, but the valedictorian of West Prairie High School in Sciota, Illinois, said the experience left him feeling awful. “I never felt that feeling before,” he told Fox News. “It was terrible. I felt like I wanted to cry.” For […]

Valedictorian claims school wouldn’t let him give speech with religious references

May 22, 2018 • In the News

The graduation ceremony may be over, but the controversy lives on in McDonough County. Sam Blackledge says he wasn’t able to give his valedictorian speech at West Prairie High this weekend. “It was really upsetting,” states Blackledge. “I wanted to share that the need for every person is Jesus, and […]

Jesus banned: School censors valedictorian’s religious speech

May 22, 2018 • In the News

Sam Blackledge had worked hard on his valedictorian address. He had written a wonderful speech declaring to his teachers and classmates that he is a follower of Jesus Christ. But administrators at West Prairie High School in Illinois would not let the 18-year-old deliver that speech – because the content was […]

Valedictorian: “They Told Me I Had to Take Christ Out of My Speech”

May 21, 2018 • In the News

Sam Blackledge had worked hard on his valedictorian address. He had written a wonderful speech declaring to his teachers and classmates that he is a follower of Jesus Christ. But administrators at West Prairie High School in Illinois would not let the 18-year-old deliver that speech – because the content […]

The Blaze

Texas cheerleaders are being sued by their own school district. You already know why.

May 21, 2018 • In the News

The First Amendment is under attack again – and in conservative Texas. Since 2012, the Kountze ISD school district has been fighting middle and high school cheerleaders over using a Bible verse on their run-through banners, even though the cheerleaders used their own money for their materials. The Texas Supreme […]

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