Press Statement
For Immediate Release: 6.15.20
Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org
Direct: 972-941-4453
Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Opinion in R.G and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC and Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia
First Liberty Institute filed amicus brief in case involving Title VII
Washington, DC—The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel at First Liberty Institute:
“We are grateful that the Supreme Court was clear in the opinion that this federal statute does not overrule peoples’ religious freedoms. We will find out in the very near future whether this is a hollow promise or a truthful assurance that the religious liberty of all Americans will be protected.”
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