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The Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol.

Dozens of Congress members urge court to allow Ten Commandments display in public schools

Dec 4, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Forty-six United States lawmakers are urging the federal court to allow the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools. Read more

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Appellate court protects Baptist association’s autonomy in internal dispute

Sep 17, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

An appellate court in Mississippi dismissed an employment-related lawsuit brought against an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention. Read more

Sabrina Steffans displays her newly decorated school parking space.

School district backs off violating student’s free speech, religious freedom rights

Aug 28, 2025

By Amira Abuzeid

A rising senior at a high school in Grand Island, New York, Sabrina Steffans, is now allowed to decorate her... Read more

Zion Lutheran Church in Long Valley, New Jersey, is one of two churches that have won a victory against county officials who were excluding them from a historic preservation grant program.

Judge says New Jersey county can’t exclude churches from historic preservation grant

Dec 4, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The parishes were supported in their lawsuit by the First Liberty Institute and the University of Notre Dame School of... Read more

Deacon Bob Young, representing Knights of Columbus Council 694, accepts the First Liberty Institute's Philip B. Onderdonk Jr. Religious Liberty Award award at the American Legion’s National Convention in New Orleans on Aug. 28, 2024.

Virginia Knights receive religious freedom award after spat with federal government

Sep 13, 2024

By Daniel Payne

A Knights of Columbus council in Petersburg, Virginia, has received a religious freedom award after it won a dispute over... Read more