Religious Liberty Emerges as Hot-Button Issue for Presidential Candidates
In an effort to maximize their appeal, presidential candidates are fixating on the issues foremost in Americans’ minds. Amid inevitable controversies like immigration, healthcare and national security, one topic has dominated discussions and elicited entire events – religious liberty. In recent years, threats to religious liberty have skyrocketed. The 2014 […]
Liberty Institute Files Reply Brief in Case to Defend Historic Maryland World War I Veterans Memorial
In the latest move to protect the historic WWI Veterans Memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland, Liberty Institute filed a reply brief on behalf of our client, The American Legion, with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on Monday. While the American Humanist Association demands its alteration or […]
Henry Sandoz, Hero of Supreme Court Mojave Desert Cross Victory, Passes Away Even as His Legacy Lives On
Religious liberty in America will be saved or lost by the choices of everyday people in moments when their freedom is tested. Henry Sandoz’ test began in the middle of a California desert in 2000 when a government official showed up at his door and requested Henry tear down the […]
GAME ON: Liberty Institute and Craig James Sue Fox Sports for Unlawful Religious Discrimination in the Workplace
“We just asked ourselves how Craig’s statements would play in our human resources department,” said a Fox Spokesman. “He couldn’t say those things here.” Yes, you can express your private religious beliefs outside the workplace—and not lose your job. That’s the contention of leading religious rights attorneys who sued one […]
10 Facts Every Student Must Know about Religious Rights in School
Before students order their books and fill their backpacks, they need to think about preparing their most valuable back-to-school tool yet: knowledge of their religious liberty rights. The number of religious liberty attacks increases each year, and yet, many students don’t know that there’s anything they can do about it. So before students […]
City of Houston Tries to Steal Decades-Old Church—to Give the Land to a Business
Should the government be able to seize a church’s property and hand it over to some other business for raw economic gain and extra tax revenue? The very notion seems heartless and un-American. Yet that is exactly what the City of Houston—the country’s 4thlargest city—is attempting to do to two […]
