Fire Department’s Religious Discrimination Jeopardizes Firefighter’s Safety
“The city has singled out and mistreated a heroic firefighter because of his religious beliefs.” – Roger Byron, Senior Counsel, First Liberty Institute Employees have a right to live according to their religious beliefs both on and off the job. John Brooks, a firefighter and paramedic in Utica, New York, […]
SURVEY REPORT: The State of Free Speech and Tolerance in America
As published by the CATO Institute. Americans Say Political Correctness Has Silenced Discussions Society Needs to Have; Most Have Views They’re Afraid to Share Nearly three-fourths (71%) of Americans believe that political correctness has done more to silence important discussions our society needs to have. A little more than a […]
APPEALED: Prayer Ban on Private Christian High School Football Team
Cambridge players, parents, and fans praying together after a regular season game in 2015. Should private religious expression that takes place on public property be redefined as “public speech”—then restricted or even banned on the grounds of “separation of church and state”? That’s one of the questions springing from the […]
Will Supreme Court Hear First Liberty’s Appeal of ACLU Anti-Prayer Victory?
Last week, on Thursday, October 12, First Liberty Institute, who has had the privilege to partner with David Gibbs III at the National Center for Life and Liberty and our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom in representing Rowan County, North Carolina, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a ruling […]
The Little-Known History of American Religious Freedom
America is known for being a land of religious freedom. Many Americans—and in fact, many people around the world—know that the United States provides strong constitutional protections that guarantee the “free exercise” of religious faith. But where did religious freedom come from? The answer goes back farther in history than […]
“Shocking and Wrong”: Federal Court Orders Removal of 90-Year-Old Veterans Memorial
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declared unconstitutional the historic, cross-shaped Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial in Maryland. A three-judge panel of the Court ruled that the 90-year-old war memorial violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The law […]
