First Liberty Institute

We represent 8 Washington State firefighters who were fired after a religious accommodation request. Government officials can’t decide to erase religious accommodations because they don’t like them. We’re appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Thank you for having us, @FoxNews!

In fifth grade, Shea Encinas was forced to teach his kindergarten buddy a gender-ideology lesson that violated his faith. The Encinas family asked to opt out of the gender ideology lessons that violated their faith, but the school district refused. After a long legal battle, we secured a victory for the Encinas family! The Encinitas Union School District in California has agreed to allow parental opt-outs when promoting gender ideology or other materials that may interfere with a family’s religious beliefs. We are so proud of Shea for standing up for his faith.

The City of San Antonio is going to destroy a Native American sacred religious site in Brackenridge Park. For centuries, long before the land around it was made into a public park, Native Americans have gathered regularly to worship there. When our clients requested that San Antonio redevelop the area without destroying this place of worship, the city refused and told them to worship elsewhere. We're asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear our case and protect this sacred religious site.

Veterans, thank you for your service and sacrifice. We are so grateful.

Thank you, Veterans! We are so grateful for your selfless service and sacrifice. 🇺🇸❤️ Our nation’s service members sacrifice many freedoms when they put on the uniform, but religious freedom should never be one of them.

"A denial of religious accommodation for the Amish leaves them with only one real choice — leave New York. Forty-five other states and the District of Columbia allow religious exemptions for students in their state. Yet New York refuses to accommodate even the Amish. New York is a radical outlier.” - Kelly Shackelford Read the story: bit.ly/4sYebI8

When Marisol Castro was told she had to remove the crucifix hanging by her desk if she wanted to keep her teaching job, she made a courageous decision not to! But she has suffered for it. The Connecticut school district suspended Marisol for two days without pay and has refused to let Marisol return to the classroom since December 2024. This is wrong! We’re fighting for Marisol’s religious freedom in federal appeals court. Please be in prayer for Dec. 7 when we will argue an appeal in Marisol’s case.

The government is preventing Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church from building a chapel on its own land. This is wrong, and we’re fighting so that Holy Trinity can freely use its facilities to serve the needs of its congregation and the community.

In 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Locke v. Davey that states can exclude students from generally available scholarship programs if they are pursuing a religious major. Josh Davey, the student who lost in Locke v. Davey, ended up going to law school. Now, he’s one of Bethany Hall’s lawyers asking the Court to overturn that old decision! Pray that the U.S. Supreme Court would decide to hear our appeal. We are grateful to partner with Steve Fitschen and the National Legal Foundation on this important case.

If the government has the authority to ban speech just because it doesn’t agree with the message, the First Amendment is meaningless. We’re challenging a Colorado “bubble law” that severely restricts pro-life speech near abortion facilities. Thank you for having us, @FoxNews!

If you have kids, Washington state can hide them from you and facilitate irreversible gender transition procedures behind your back. This is an unbelievable violation of parental rights. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear this case on December 7. We’re asking the Court to protect families and their children before irreversible damage has been done. We are grateful to partner with Gene Schaerr on this important case. Thank you for having us, @pointofviewrts!

First Liberty stands between the U.S. Constitution and those determined to rewrite it.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy. A group of Catholic preschools in Colorado challenged the state’s eligibility requirement that effectively excludes religious schools from a universal preschool program. We wrote a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that Colorado’s religious discrimination violates the First Amendment. This is an important religious liberty case that will have implications on several of our cases.

On Dec. 7, we’ll argue this case at the U.S. Supreme Court! This could have massive implications for religious liberty and parental rights in America. Parents (not the government) have a fundamental right to raise their children according to their own beliefs.

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two of our cases!

If you believe in religious freedom, you need to believe in voting. Don’t sit on the sidelines this election!

You can say, “Merry Christmas,” but you can’t talk about Jesus… The City of Tucson, Arizona is enforcing an unconstitutional ban on sharing the Gospel on public streets. David Hoffman was threatened with arrest and forced to leave the Winterhaven Festival of Lights for sharing his faith. Police officers enforced a discriminatory policy forbidding religious speech, including voluntary conversations. This is unconstitutional! We are representing David and asking the court to tell the City of Tucson, Arizona that it must allow David to freely talk about his faith at the festival this Christmas.