First Liberty in the News

The fate of a 40-foot-tall cross that dominates a busy Maryland intersection provoked impassioned debate in a federal courtroom Wednesday, at one point including a question about whether cutting off the arms of the cross might resolve the legal issues.

Felix v. City of Bloomfield, the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit’s most recent application of the Establishment Clause, shows that the monster is alive and well. Read full article »

CNM Connect celebrated five leaders in the nonprofit community at its annual Night of Light Awards Nov. 17 at the George W. Bush Presidential Institute.

The legal challenge to the Peace Cross in Prince George’s County is one of a number of recent cases throughout the country involving public displays of religion.

During his campaign, candidate Donald Trump spoke out against the disturbing growth of government hostility to religion. . Read full article »

Religious freedom—scholarly and practical advocates say, in a nod to the founders—is not just the first freedom in the Bill of Rights but “the soul” of the American experiment.