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1. America's Return to First Amendment Rights Will Take 'Grassroots Movement,' Sam Brownback Sa

As the cancel culture rises, and the political left gains control, Americans' First Amendment rights seem all but forgotten. Former Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, who also served as a U.S. senator and as the ...

Created on 29 July 2021

2. Calvary Chapel, Bangor, Maine, Asks Supreme Court for Injunction Against Gov. Mills

Liberty Counsel has filed to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to issue an injunction pending appeal on behalf of Calvary Chapel of Bangor regarding Gov. Janet Mills' unconstitutional orders against churches. ...

Created on 25 July 2021

3. Court Strikes Down 'Preferred' Pronoun La

The California 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that a 2017 state law requiring employees at long-term care facilities to use patients' "preferred" pronouns violates First Amendment free speech rights. ...

Created on 22 July 2021

4. Female Prisoners Sue to Remove Transgender Individuals From US Women's Federal Prison

Two women in a U.S. federal prison are suing to have biological male prisoners removed from the women's federal prisons. The female prisoners, Rhonda Fleming and Katoria Greene, are alleging various constitutional ...

Created on 21 July 2021

5. Court Rules Churches Have Freedom Over Employment Decisions

... and his employment agreement by entering a same-sex union. The court ruled that the First Amendment protected the church's freedom to hire and fire the music director under the "ministerial exemption," and ...

Created on 14 July 2021

6. First Amendment Protects Student's Off-Campus Speec

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that a former student's off-campus speech was protected under the First Amendment, and a Pennsylvania school overstepped its constitutional bounds when it wrongfully kicked ...

Created on 24 June 2021

7. The Church Must Build Its Relationship With Law Enforcement, Pastor Caleb Cooper Says

A pastor, charged by God to "keep your lighthouse open" despite COVID-19 restrictions. A sheriff, charged by his oath of office to enforce the law. A recipe for conflict? In many cases, yes. But as ...

Created on 22 June 2021

8. SCOTUS Favorable Ruling of Faith-Based Foster Agency Is 'Monumental,' Says American Family Associatio

... said of the court's decision, "This ruling is monumental. It establishes a bulwark against the efforts of sex and gender radicals to strip away the religious liberties protected in the First Amendment. Christians ...

Created on 21 June 2021

9. Ban on Maryland Counseling for Struggling LGBTQ Teens Continues With New Defendant

... the end of the day, it will likely be the same attorney general defending the case as defended the original case. The 4th Circuit did say this case raises "an interesting First Amendment question that ...

Created on 16 June 2021

10. Maine Church Seeks Emergency Relief From Unconstitutional Restrictions

Liberty Counsel filed in the First Circuit Court of Appeals for an injunction pending appeal on behalf of Calvary Chapel of Bangor against Maine Governor Janet Mills. The district court previously dismissed ...

Created on 15 June 2021

11. Come Out of Hiding and Into the Fullness of Your God-Given Authority

...  Our First Amendment was not written so the church wouldn't influence the government. The First Amendment was written so the government wouldn't influence the church. When looking at this separation of ...

Created on 07 June 2021

12. Judge Rules in Favor of Teacher Suspended for Denouncing Proposed School Policy on Gender

...  — Michael S. Miller (@imichaelsmiller) May 27, 2021 "I'm a teacher, but I serve God first," Cross said. He said he could not "affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa because it's against ...

Created on 09 June 2021

13. UPDATE: School Administration Reverses Decision for Valedictorian Speech Referencing Jesus, Faith

... her faith in Jesus during her high school valedictorian speech, Michigan student Elizabeth Turner sought legal action to protect her first amendment rights. The Hillsdale High School principal, Amy Goldsmith, ...

Created on 28 May 2021

14. University Student Suffering Discrimination for Religious Beliefs Is Vindicated in Court

... moving forward." Alliance Defending Freedom, the Christian nonprofit advocacy group, took Denton's case to court, after the university failed to address the violation of Denton's First Amendment rights. ...

Created on 26 May 2021

15. WATCH: Gov. Gavin Newsom Refuses to Back Down, Despite Supreme Court Rulings

The Supreme Court ruled the unconstitutional church closures must stop. Gov. Gavin Newsom cannot impose these restrictions should the Liberty Counsel emergency injunction be approved. However, churches ...

Created on 16 April 2021

16. WATCH: A Victory for Religious Freedom

After a tumultuous legal battle, the house of God and the body of Christ in California can return to some semblance of normal meeting. The Supreme Court struck down California's coronavirus public health ...

Created on 14 April 2021

17. The Church Is Essential: Supreme Court Lifts COVID Restrictions on California Churches

...  over a year, the state of California has targeted the faith community for discriminatory treatment depriving them of their fundamental right to worship." Huge victory for the First Amendment today ...

Created on 13 April 2021

18. 'Still the Christians Come': Canada Protesters Flood Church Perimeter With Praise ...

The power of "Jesus Loves Me" was put to the test at the perimeter of GraceLife Church in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Sunday afternoon. After being shut down for violating COVID-19 restrictions, the ...

Created on 12 April 2021

19. Supreme Court Rules Newsom's Home Bible Study, Worship Restrictions in Violation of First Amendmen

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court granted an emergency injunction pending appeal, thus finding that California Gov. Gavin Newsom's restrictions on home Bible study and worship violate the First ...

Created on 12 April 2021

20. You're Not Going to Believe What Is Still Illegal a Full Year After COVID Shutdown

... against his will" per the 1947 Supreme Court case of Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing Township. It is still unconstitutional for the government to restrict the First Amendment right to religious ...

Created on 07 April 2021