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High School Football Coaches to Court: If We Have the Right to Kneel to Protest InJustice, Coach Kennedy Has the Right to Kneel in Prayer

NFL players and high school football coaches file briefs in support of Coach Kennedy at the Ninth Circuit
November 8, 2016 • Press Releases

Tacoma, Wash. – Two high-profile amicus briefs were filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday evening on behalf of Coach Joe Kennedy, a high school football coach who was fired for taking a knee at the fifty-yard line and offering a brief, private prayer after high school football […]

Soldiers in arms

Defending Conscience Rights at Hacksaw Ridge in the HHS Cases

First Things
November 4, 2016 • In the News

In vivid detail, the movie depicts the heroism of Private Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist who was willing to serve in the infantry but unwilling to kill another human being or even carry a weapon—a principled but unpopular stance in the United States Army of World War II. Read full article »

Obama’s defense bill veto an attack on religious liberty

Washington Examiner
November 1, 2016 • In the News

President Obama’s reported plan to veto the defense spending legislation constitutes a “deeply disturbing” attack on religious liberty, according to a top Republican.

Discovery Demand For Pastor’s Sermons Generates Controversy

Religion Clause
October 27, 2016 • In the News

As previously reported, last April Eric Walsh, a doctor and public health expert, filed a religious discrimination suit against the Georgia Department of Public Health alleging that his termination shortly after he was hired

State of Georgia demands pastor turn over sermons

Fox News Opinion
October 26, 2016 • In the News

A lay minister who is suing the Georgia Department of Public Health for religious discrimination has been ordered by the state’s attorney general to relinquish his sermons to the government, according to federal court documents. Read full article »

State of Georgia Demands Pastor Hand Over His Sermon Notes and Transcripts

Government demands Dr. Eric Walsh hand over his “sermon notes and/or transcripts” in the course of litigation
October 26, 2016 • Press Releases

ATLANTA, GA – Today, Dr. Eric Walsh announces that he will not hand over his sermons to the State of Georgia. His announcement comes in response to the government serving him with legal papers during the course of litigation, requiring him to surrender copies of his sermon notes and transcripts. […]

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