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Breaking: U.S. Navy Reverses Course, Ends Ban on Troops Attending Indoor Religious Services
July 09, 2020 10:02 ET | First Liberty Institute
First Liberty Institute urged U.S. Navy to accommodate the religious beliefs of its service members and chaplains to attend in-person religious services  WASHINGTON, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Trump Administration’s Exemptions to Contraceptive Mandate
July 08, 2020 12:46 ET | First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, July 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Supreme Court of the United States today held 7–2 in Little Sisters of the Poor. v. Pennsylvania, et al., that the Trump Administration has the...
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Recognizes and Protects the Independence of Religious Institutions
July 08, 2020 11:22 ET | First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, July 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 7-2 that courts should stay out of employment...
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U.S. Navy Bans Troops from Indoor Religious Services
June 29, 2020 11:19 ET | First Liberty Institute
MONTEREY, Calif., June 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute today sent a letter to the United States Navy on behalf of active duty officer Daniel Schultz asking the U.S. Navy to...
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Delaware Town that Banned Nativity Scene from Annual Christmas Display Sued by Knights of Columbus
June 23, 2020 12:02 ET | First Liberty Institute
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del., June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, on behalf of the local Knights of Columbus council, First Liberty Institute, Jones Day, and Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, filed...
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Elderly Blind Woman Ticketed, Threatened with Arrest by Park Authorities for Sharing Her Faith with Others
June 17, 2020 12:06 ET | First Liberty Institute
PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute and William Wray Jr., an attorney at Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., today filed a charge of discrimination with the...
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Churches Inform Massachusetts Mayor of Plans to Immediately Resume In-Person Church Gatherings Despite His Order
June 10, 2020 11:33 ET | First Liberty Institute
SOMERVILLE, Mass., June 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute and the Massachusetts Family Institute today sent a letter to Somerville, Massachusetts Mayor Joseph Curtatone informing...
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Plaintiff in Supreme Court’s Religious Liberty Altering Smith Decision Asks Justices to Protect Faith-Based Adoption Agencies
June 03, 2020 12:16 ET | First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, June 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, in which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the...
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Religious Liberty Expert Stands with President Trump on Reopening Churches
May 22, 2020 15:08 ET | First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel to First Liberty Institute: “The discrimination that...
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Department of Labor Strengthens Religious Liberty Protections for Faith-Based Organizations Partnering with Government
May 18, 2020 14:57 ET | First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute today commended United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) Secretary Eugene Scalia for issuing a directive and new guidance...