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On September 19, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the Rowan County commissioners can continue to open their court sessions in prayer. In a 2-1 ruling, the court held that the district court erred in ruling the practice unconstitutional and reversed and remanded the […]

First Liberty is defending one woman’s right to pray in her own home. That right — guaranteed by the First Amendment’s Free Exercise clause — was violated one night when police officers entered the home of Mary Anne Sause of Louisburg, Kansas and told her to “stop praying” without any […]

Private organizations and individuals have a right to pray on public property. That’s what First Liberty is contending in a lawsuit on behalf of Cambridge Christian School (CCS) of Tampa, Florida. Filed Tuesday, the lawsuit challenges a ban that prevented CCS and its opponent from opening their state football championship […]

By Christopher Corbett This past Monday marked the 230th anniversary of President George Washington’s Farewell, published September 19, 1796 to announce he would not seek a third term in office. Though the President accepted editing advice from Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, the final 32-page manuscript was written in Washington’s […]

If you want to protect your religious freedom, you’re nothing more than discriminatory, intolerant, racist, sexist, and worse—and the government has the right to silence you. At least, that’s what the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has declared. In fact, according to the Wall Street Journal, the chairman of the […]

Are you willing to stand? That’s what First Liberty President Kelly Shackelford asked over 2,000 attendees at last weekend’s Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. Sharing stories of First Liberty clients who have been discriminated against, fired and even financially penalized for their faith, Shackelford emphasized the hope that exists […]