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May 12, 2020 13:58 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Institute Leads Coalition of Religious Leaders Calling for Congress to Protect America’s Houses of Worship as They Reopen

Religious liberty law firm asks Congress to guard against a possible ‘swarm of lawsuits blaming’ America’s churches, synagogues, and houses of worship WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...
December 11, 2018 08:58 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Lawsuit Alleges Systematic Discrimination Forcing Orthodox Jewish Community Underground

AIRMONT, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, First Liberty Institute and the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of several residents, including...
September 18, 2018 12:12 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Institute Honors Jewish Americans on Yom Kippur

PLANO, Texas, Sept. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute today released the following statement from Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO and Chief Counsel to First Liberty Institute: ...
January 02, 2018 20:08 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

FEMA Ends Religious Discrimination Against Hurricane-Affected Houses of Worship

WASHINGTON, Jan. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, after First Liberty Institute sent a letter asking President Trump to end a discriminatory FEMA directive, the White House announced that it will...