Category: Free Speech
Judge Orders Southwest to Reinstate Flight Attendant Fired for Her Pro-Life Views
A federal judge has ordered Southwest Airlines and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) to reinstate a former flight attendant after she was fired for her...
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University of Idaho Pays $90K to Three Christians and Professor Who Were Issued ‘No Contact’ Orders
The University of Idaho – a public school – is paying dearly for a First Amendment lesson it should already have known: you can’t punish...
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Closing Argument at the Supreme Court: Compelled Speech is the Tool of Authoritarianism
After two and a half hours of oral argument, with three attorneys and nine justices slicing and dicing Supreme Court precedent and tackling every hypothetical...
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‘The Twitter Files’ – Elon Musk Releases Details of New York Post Censorship
On December 2, journalist Matt Taibbi tweeted about Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, published just three weeks before...
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Christian Website Designer Gets Her ‘Supreme’ Day in Court
It was six years ago when Lorie Smith, the Christian graphic artist and website designer from Denver, Colorado, first asked the courts to vindicate her...
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Will Christians Finally Win the Right to Run a Business in Keeping with Their Faith?
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in 303 Creative v. Elenis on Monday, December 5, and it will arguably be the biggest case of...
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Babylon Bee Makes Triumphant Return to Twitter After Elon Musk Agrees to #FreeTheBee
Everyone’s favorite Christian satire website The Babylon Bee has made a triumphant return to Twitter, following megabillionaire Elon Musk’s purchase of the social media platform....
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Elon Musk Takes the Reins at Twitter, Fires Chief Executives as Free Speech Makes a Comeback
Elon Musk, the eccentric multibillionaire, space pioneer, chief engineer and icon of innovation, can now add one more title to his resume in case he’s...
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Father, Daughter Sue Vermont School That Punished Them for Objecting to Male Student in Girls Locker Room
Who would have thought, even 10 or 20 years ago, that a father and a daughter who objected to a male student in a public...
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Christian Baker in California Wins Lawsuit Over Wedding Cake Refusal for Same-Sex Ceremony
A state superior court in California has ruled that a Christian baker did not violate the state’s nondiscrimination act when she turned down a request...
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Christian Counselor Sues La Crosse, Wisconsin, over ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban
Joy Buchman is a licensed mental health professional in La Crosse, Wisconsin, who fears that a city ordinance forbids her from talking to her minor...
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Christian Childcare Worker Fired for Refusing to Read LGBT Books to Young Children
For four years, Nelli Parisenkova had been employed with the Bright Horizons Children’s Center in Studio City, California, caring for young children ages 1 to...
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City of Greensboro, North Carolina Admits Violating Sidewalk Counselors’ First Amendment Rights
In a successful ending of a two-part lawsuit seeking to vindicate the First Amendment rights of sidewalk counselors arrested in front of an abortion facility...
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Texas Law Banning Big Tech Censorship
A federal appeals court has upheld Texas’ law that prohibits large tech companies from censoring the speech of those who use its platforms. The U.S....
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Christian Wedding Photographer May Refuse Same-Sex Events, Kentucky Federal Court Rules
In a case whose facts closely parallel another religious freedom case that will be argued at the U.S. Supreme Court this fall, a federal judge...
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Christian Flag Flies Over Boston City Plaza After Supreme Court Victory
On August 3 the Christian flag flew over the Boston City Plaza as the culmination of a First Amendment battle that began in 2017 and...
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Southwest Flight Attendant Awarded $5.1 Million in Free Speech Case About Abortion
Free speech wins, even when it is critical of abortion. As it ought to. Charlene Carter is a pro-life Christian who worked as a flight...
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Another Public University Learns It Can’t Punish Christian Speech Because it ‘Offends’
A federal court has issued a preliminary injunction blocking the University of Idaho from imposing “no contact” orders on three law students who are members...
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Fairfax School Board Votes to Suspend Students for ‘Maliciously Misgendering’ Other Students
Parents in Fairfax, Virginia are strongly pushing back against the Fairfax County School Board, which recently adopted a policy to punish students who “maliciously misgender”...
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First Amendment Legal Group Expands from Campus to Culture
One of the nation’s premier First Amendment advocacy and legal groups fighting for free speech on the nation’s college campuses has announced a major expansion...
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Wisconsin Middle Schooler Accused of ‘Sexual Harassment’ After ‘Misgendering’ Classmate
A Wisconsin middle schooler has been charged with committing ‘sexual harassment’ by his middle school after he didn’t use the “preferred pronouns” of one of...
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States Sue Feds for Colluding with Big Tech to Censor Conservative Viewpoints
Everyone more or less understands that government cannot censor private speech. The First Amendment says so, and we all get that. And it’s also understood...
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Christian Students Sue University of Idaho over Speech ‘Gag Order’
Another public university is in the news for issuing a “no contact” order to three members of a Christian student club requiring them to have...
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Coach Kennedy Defends Free Speech, Religion at Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Can a public high school fire a coach for taking a knee and praying quietly at the fifty-yard line after a football game? The answer...
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