Eyewitness Account of Supreme Court Marriage Arguments
by Jeff Mateer, First Liberty Institute General Counsel Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court heard the oral arguments in a group of consolidated cases from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit involving whether the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution mandates a redefinition of marriage […]
JUDGES vs. YOUR PASTOR? Proposed Law Would Protect Clergy from Being Forced to Participate in Ceremonies that Violate Their Faith
Texas is latest state to consider Pastor Protection law. Hears expert testimony from Senior Counsel Justin Butterfield of First Liberty Institute. As the nation anxiously awaits the Supreme Court’s decision later this summer in the marriage case Obergefell v. Hodges—which could redefine marriage and lead to the violation […]
First Liberty Institute Exposes Holes in Case Against Chaplain Modder—Urges Navy to Restore Him to Service
18-page response letter sheds light on misinformation and inaccuracies in Captain John Fahs’s rush to judgment against a highly-decorated military hero Click here to watch Chaplain Wes Modder and his wife Beth share about their painful and discriminatory experience. On behalf of client U.S. Navy Chaplain Wes Modder, this […]
VICTORY! City of Auburn Drops Cease-and-Desist Order Against First Presbyterian Church
House of worship seeks reimbursement from city for legal costs and plans to continue its summer glee camp outreach to local children and families First Presbyterian Church of Auburn, New York’s Glee Camp outreach has served local children and their families each summer for the past three years. Last week, […]
First Liberty Institute Submits Friend-of-the-Court Brief on Behalf of ’60s Student-Speech Activist, Mary Beth Tinker
Plaintiff from landmark 1969 public school student speech case takes special interest in 21stcentury off-campus speech case Mary Beth Tinker (l) and her brother John Tinker (r) with their armbands they wore to peacefully protest the Vietnam War in 1969. One of the great ironies of modern […]
7 Reasons You Should Cheer Arkansas’s New Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
By Christopher Corbett My lunch companion briefly stopped eating and looked right at me. “Wow,” he said, “that’s not the way the media is spinning it!” He was referring to the new Arkansas religious freedom law. My friend, who is a missions director for a regional organization of churches, […]
