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The following article is taken in part from our new Religious Liberty Protection Kit for the U.S. Military. For the full, free, online version, click here. “It is crucial that men and women in the military know the strong legal basis for their rights” Religious liberty in the U.S. military […]

by Mike Berry From high school students to presidential candidates, people are acknowledging the constitutional rights of Americans like Coach Joe Kennedy—the high school football coach suspended from his job last week for praying on the football field after the conclusion of the game—to freely exercise their religion. But Bremerton […]

After months of persistent pressuring and litigation, the City of Houston backed off its threats to seize the property of two historic churches in the City’s Fifth Ward A three-month legal battle for a Houston church’s property came to a close last week when the Houston Housing Authority (HHA) voluntarily […]

The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF)—the highest court in the military—announced last week that it will hear the case of Lance Corporal (LCpl) Monifa Sterling, a U.S. Marine and Liberty Institute client who was convicted at a court-martial in 2013 for refusing to remove a Bible verse […]

In 133 national cemeteries across America and in countless communities nationwide, thousands of memorials stand to commemorate the service and sacrifice of U.S. military veterans—the men and women with the courage to give up everything to preserve the rare liberty the rest of Americans enjoy. Several of those memorials have […]

Bremerton School District denies religious accommodation, then removes Coach Joe Kennedy for “religious conduct.” Liberty Institute will take legal action. In a shocking move, Bremerton School District in Washington State suspended assistant varsity football coach Joe Kennedy on Wednesday, only days after denying his respectful request for a religious accommodation. […]