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Carrie Prejean Boller Refuses To Address Candace Owens's Anti-Semitic Comments

Owens: "Jewish people were in control of the slave trade." Boller declines to comment.

Reason · Feb 13

The First Liberty Institute Is A Defender Of The Jewish People

Unfortunately, FLI is being lumped in with another group that made an unfair and uninformed attack on Rebecca Taibleson's rabbi.

Reason · Sep 19, 2025

Webinar Conversation on the First Amendment and Requiring Fifth-Graders to Read Pro-Gender-Ideology Books to Kindergarten Students

I much enjoyed this conversation with Kayla Ann Toney (First Liberty Institute), who was the prevailing lawyer in S.E. v. Grey:… The post Webinar Conversation on the First Amendment and Requiring Fifth-Graders to Read Pro-Gender-Ideology Books to Kindergarten Students appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Jun 10, 2025

Ginni Thomas praises anti-reform group

In call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas

Salon · Sep 4, 2024

Hotel Cancels Pro-Israel Event Amid Safety Concerns

Pro-Israel event canceled due to safety threats, relocated to new venue. Legal and religious freedom concerns arise.

Top News · May 15, 2024

An Arizona church known for feeding migrants now says the city is blocking its work

Gethsemani Baptist Church in San Luis has been organizing food drives for nearly 25 years. But in a new lawsuit, the church alleges that the city has started to push back against this work.

WEKU · Mar 24, 2024

Charges dropped against Ohio pastor who housed homeless people at his church

Chris Avell, a pastor from Bryan, Ohio, faced charges after turning his church into a quasi-homeless shelter, partly in response to the city's housing shortage.

WEKU · Feb 9, 2024

An Ohio church is suing a city over not being allowed to house homeless people

Dad's Place in Bryan, Ohio, filed a federal lawsuit accusing the city of religious discrimination, arguing that providing food and shelter to those in need is a religious activity.

WEKU · Jan 23, 2024

Ken Paxton tried to hide his affair from his wife and voters. It may be his undoing.

The impeachment trial that starts Tuesday is expected to center on Paxton’s infidelity, and could air out the sordid details of the staunch, Christian conservative’s life as he sits just yards away from his wife, and her 30 Senate colleagues.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 4, 2023

Conservative Christians want more religion in public life. Texas lawmakers are listening.

Opponents of church-state separation have been emboldened by recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the growing acceptance of Christian nationalism on the right.

The Texas Tribune · May 4, 2023