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Liz Loverde never expected to stand up on behalf of students all around her community, state, and nation. However, as a sophomore in high school, Liz defended religious liberty when she challenged the officials of Wantagh Union Free School District in Long Island, New York. As the school year began […]

Hostility to religion in America is escalating. This damages: Ordinary citizens who live normal lives according to their faith and conscience. The bedrock on which stand vital American institutions such as government, education, the military, business, houses of worship, and charity. Our other constitutional rights, including freedom of speech, press, […]

This month, First Liberty successfully stood up for Pastor Cary Gordon’s church, Cornerstone World Outreach, against the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. The Commission immediately responded by reversing a claim that the government could violate churches’ religious freedom by controlling teaching and preaching about sexuality, and how churches operate facilities such […]

First Liberty Institute recently declared victory after sending a demand letter to the Civil Rights Commission in Iowa, which attempted to control how churches could teach, preach, and operate. Cornerstone World Outreach, a church in Sioux City, Iowa, contacted First Liberty after the Commission issued a brochure stating that churches were […]

By Christopher Corbett Are they coming after your house of worship or ministry? And who are “they?’ If you live in Iowa, up until two weeks ago “they” would have been your own state government, in the form of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, a body empowered to interpret, apply, […]

Last week, First Liberty Institute sent a demand letter on behalf of Cornerstone World Outreach Church to the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (CRC), requesting they retract their policy as outlined in a brochure, “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity – A Public Accommodation Provider’s Guide to Iowa Law.” The brochure expressed […]