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1. An Unthinkable Way the Biden Administration Wants to Invade Your Privacy

... to pay for his proposed massive $3.5 trillion social spending bill. The government says if the IRS can see people's private bank information, they'll be able to determine who isn't paying their full taxes. ...

Created on 13 October 2021

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. IRS Reverses Course, Grants Tax-Exempt Status to Christians Engaged

... a national outcry against the IRS' rejection, which the government agency claimed happened because "Bible teachers are typically affiliated with the Republican Party and candidates." For more of this ...

Created on 13 July 2021

8. IRS Reverses Course, Grants Tax-Exempt Status to Christian Nonprofit

The IRS has now granted tax-exempt status to Christians Engaged, a Texas-based nonprofit to which it had previously refused the 501(c)3 designation, First Liberty Institute announced. The reversal comes ...

Created on 08 July 2021

9. Critics Call for Removal of Veterans Memorial With References to Jesus

... who served in Vietnam. He called the project "a dream come true," according to a First Liberty Institute report. The religious freedom firm represents Carlson in this case, and has demanded that MRFF ...

Created on 30 June 2021

10. Republican Politicians Demand IRS Grant Tax-Exempt Status to Christian Nonprofit

A group of Republican Congress members and state senators are demanding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) repeal its decision on Christians Engaged's tax-exempt status. The IRS had denied the Christian ...

Created on 29 June 2021

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. What the IRS Got Remarkably Right in the Midst of a Terribly Wrong Ruling

Just type the words "IRS," "Christian" and "Bible" into your search engine, and you'll get a flood of results, most of them starting with headlines like this: "IRS denies Christian nonprofit tax exemption, ...

Created on 21 June 2021

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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