Summary Pittsburgh enacted a law that bans speech and advocacy—even prayer—in painted zones outside medical facility entrances. The city then chose to paint such zones outside only two facilities in the entire metropolitan area, Pittsburgh’s two abortion clinics, and enforced the ban against pro-life speech only. When the city leaders enacted the ordinance, Pitts. Code §…
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The Independence Law Center has enhanced your ability to live out your faith. Here are some of the ways we have protected ministries, protected religious liberty in our education systems and preserved your right to live out your values in the past year alone. These services are provided free of charge thanks to concerned individuals and families financially partnering with us. 1. Mechanicsburg,…
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Summary Student leaders of a Bible club filed a lawsuit against Mechanicsburg Area School District (MASD) over unconstitutional policies that violated students' rights as well as their discriminatory practices that led to denying permission to offer Bibles during non-instructional times, specifically from a table during lunch. When students enter a government school, they…
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Jack Phillips, a Colorado native and cake artist, opened Masterpiece Cakeshop in 1993 and has served the community of Lakewood, Colorado for the last 23 years. In July 2012, two men came into Jack’s bakery requesting a wedding cake for their same-sex ceremony. Jack declined the request, saying he could not design cakes for same-sex wedding ceremonies. He offered to make the couple any other type…
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The United States Supreme Court affirmed our nation's historic understanding of religious liberty by providing an exception to the abortifacient mandate that was handed down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of the Affordable Care Act. "This decision is a victory for religious believers from all faith traditions, and for our country as a whole. No one should be forced…
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A fifth-grade student's invitations to a church Christmas party were singled out and prohibited even though other student invitations were permitted. One would have thought that this issue could have been worked out once the Pocono Mountain School District’s administration was made aware of the selective censoring of a student’s speech. However, in K.A. v. Pocono Mountain School District, the…
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