Government
Idaho introduces a bill to protect public school teachers’ freedom not to use preferred pronounsIdaho lawmakers advanced a bill Friday that would grant legal protection to public school teachers who opt not to use students’ preferred pronouns. If passed, House… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Separation of church and state is a misunderstood mythFor decades, anti-religious watchdogs have waged war on Christianity under the guise of “separation of church and state.” Groups such as the Freedom From Religion Foundation (run by atheists) and… Read More
Public Education
Prayer at school board meeting sparks Constitutional debateA North Carolina school board meeting took an unexpected turn when the chairman opened the meeting with a prayer instead of the customary moment of silence. Before he prayed, newly… Read More
Free Speech
Report: College free speech codes mostly ‘yellow lights’(The Center Square) – Although public colleges and universities operate under First Amendment guidelines and many private schools pledge to uphold the principles of free speech, a new report says… Read More
Public Education
Legal group: Oregon school district is violating mother’s First Amendment rights(The Center Square) – On Monday, the Liberty Justice Center sent a demand letter to a school district on an Oregon mother’s behalf. The mother alleges that her… Read More
Courts
High school coach denied injunction after being fired for saying men have athletic advantages over womenA coach who was fired for saying that men have biological advantages over women in sports has lost his request for a preliminary injunction. Coach… Read More
Culture
SEC sides with Christian groups over Apple on access to apps(The Daily Signal) – The Securities and Exchange Commission this week rejected Apple’s request to block a Christian group from making a proposal at a shareholder meeting on what apps the technology company… Read More
Courts
‘Raw retaliatory censorship’: Kansas veteran sues school board for restricting free speech, banning him from school propertyA Kansas man is suing his local school district for viewpoint discrimination after being banned from school property for over two years. It’s one of two lawsuits Justin Spiehs has… Read More
Free Speech
Lawrence man sues city, library over banning his ‘mocking,’ ‘vitriolic’ public comments(The Sentinel) — A Lawrence man is suing the Lawrence City Commission, the commissioners individually, the Lawrence Public Library, and several library employees over what he says is viewpoint… Read More
Culture
Memphis’ Chimney Rock Elementary to host Satan ClubChimney Rock Elementary School in Tennessee will soon host its first After School Satan Club (ASSC), sponsored by a Salem, Massachusetts satanic temple and humanist non-profit, drawing criticism from locals. Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board relents, allows mother to pray during public commentA Virginia school board reversed its decision to deny a parent’s request to pray during a public comment in August, now allowing the mother to pray during her allotted time. Read More
Public Education
Federal magistrate sides with professor in First Amendment suit against a college’s DEI policiesA federal magistrate sided with a professor in a First Amendment case where a California college was seeking to take punitive actions against the teacher for not cooperating with diversity… Read More
Public Education
Georgia high school football coach sacked after atheist group threatens district over player baptismsA Christian football coach at a Georgia high school has been sacked from coaching for allegedly holding a baptism on school grounds where 20 players professed faith in Christ. The… Read More
Opinion
Don’t recoil from an increasingly dark world; it needs each of us to flood it with the light of a single candleHistory has tides all its own that seem, like the ocean’s, to lap at our feet utterly uncontrolled by humankind. War. Revolution. Tyranny. Acrimony. Out-of-control animus. Hatred and conflict, unleashed… Read More
Culture
‘God gave us a warrior spirit’: High school coach Joe Kennedy explains why he fought for the right to pray on the football fieldJoe Kennedy was just an average Joe. A retired marine turned high school football coach, he never expected to be caught in the crossfires of a seven-year-long legal battle over the… Read More
Culture
British police interrogate woman under threat of arrest for expressing an opinion about gender on social mediaFree speech is under attack in the United Kingdom, critics say, after a woman was reportedly interrogated Friday over a post on X, which stated “trans women are men.” The… Read More
Courts
Kansas resident removed from board meeting wins First Amendment case against school board member(The Sentinel) – In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed from an Olathe Board of Education… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian preschool wins first battle in religious discrimination lawsuitA Christian school won the first battle in a lawsuit against Colorado’s universal preschool program, accused in the suit of anti-religious bias. In June, the Darren Patterson Christian Academy (DCPA)… Read More
Kansas
‘Totally unreasonable’: Police raid on Marion County newspaper raises First and Fourth Amendment concerns(The Sentinel) — The Aug. 11 raid on the newsroom of the Marion County Record and its publisher’s home and confiscation of computers, cell phones and other equipment is… Read More
Courts
Religious freedom coalition urges Senate to reject judge nominee, citing her ‘opposition’ to First Amendment protections(The Daily Signal) – The Senate will vote soon on the controversial nomination of D.C. Judge Loren AliKhan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Senate… Read More