San Diego – On September 6, Chaplain Wes Modder received his honorable discharge and a medal of commendation from the Navy. For the past two years, Modder, a decorated Navy chaplain and former Marine, was at the center of a religious freedom firestorm that caught the attention of national political […]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Today, the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (CRC) issued a response to a demand letter First Liberty sent three days ago on behalf of an Iowa church. Read the Iowa CRC press release “We’re taking the state at its word that it will not encroach on the […]
Washington, DC – Today, the Supreme Court declined to review the case of Stormans v. Wiesman, in which Washington State pharmacists asked to be exempted from a regulation requiring them to sell abortion-inducing drugs. The pharmacists contended that to provide the abortion-inducing drugs would violate their faith, as well as […]
First Liberty Statement Following Georgia Governor’s Veto of Religious Liberty Bill.
AUSTIN, TX, January 29, 2016 — Today, in an 8-0 decision, the Texas Supreme Court decided in favor of the Kountze Cheerleaders in the case of Matthews v. Kountze Independent School District. Gibson, Dunn, and Crutcher, LLP, Liberty Institute, and Beaumont attorney David Starnes represented the students, asking the Texas […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined with nine other states in filing an amicus brief Monday, supporting a Marine lance corporal who was court-martialed for posting a Bible verse in her workspace.
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