It’s a bedrock principle of our constitutional democracy that the government may not compel citizens to speak messages that violate their convictions.
This principle applies with full force in our public schools, colleges and universities. As the Supreme Court famously put it 79 years ago when rejecting the compulsory Pledge of Allegiance, public institutions may not “prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.”
News Release For Immediate Release: 4.27.22 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Massachusetts City Reverses Course, Will Allow Local Congregation to Open Private Religious School City officials in Somerville, MA, grant church permission to open school after expressing hostility toward its religious beliefs regarding science, sexuality, mental health Boston, MA—The […]
Press Statement For Immediate Release: 4.25.22 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford Statement on Today’s Supreme Court Oral Argument in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Washington, DC—The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel to First Liberty Institute: “Banning a […]
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Mihail Neamtu, a survivor of communist Romania, now serves as a leading scholar and fellow for First Liberty’s new educational initiative, the Center for Religion Culture and Democracy. He joins the show to share his story of escaping tyranny and explain why protecting our liberties is so important.