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May 21, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgTolerance is not enough. The Obama Administration is requiring federal workers to publicly embrace and affirm homosexuality. Last week a whistleblower from the Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
May 20, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgToday the State of Arkansas defended the Human Heartbeat Protection Act against an ACLU motion for a preliminary injunction. Liberty Counsel is seeking to intervene on behalf of a ...
May 20, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgAfter Liberty Counsel sent a demand letter to the Orange County Code Enforcement Board, the county dropped more than $50,000 in fees, property liens, and a notice of foreclosure ...
May 16, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org and www.FreedomFederation.orgThe Freedom Federation is still waiting on its status as a 501(c)(4), and it now appears that it was one of the groups targeted by the IRS. As a part ...
April 30, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgWatch Liberty Counsel's Senior Litigtion Counsel Harry Mihet's testimony before Congress about the U.S. Department of Justice's political prosecution of pro-life sidewalk ...
April 15, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgOn Wednesday, April 17, Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, will present oral argument on behalf of children, their parents, and counselors at the U.S. Court of Appeals for ...
March 28, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgA former commander of the US Army’s Delta Force and Green Berets, Lt. Gen. William G. “Jerry” Boykin believes that President Barak Obama and his progressive Administration is ...
March 21, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgUncommon will be holding open auditions this weekend, March 22-23, at Liberty Christian Academy in Lynchburg, Virginia, Room 150, Cafeteria:Friday, March 22, 5:00 ...
March 06, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgMat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, was presented with the “Defender of Liberty” award at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention by Richard Bott Sr. and Rich ...
March 06, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgLiberty Counsel joins Personhood Mississippi in announcing a Life at Conception Citizen’s Initiative, which states, “The right to life begins at conception. All human beings, at every ...
March 01, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgYou won’t want to miss Pamela Geller at the The Awakening 2013: Fighting for the Soul of America in Orlando, Florida!Called by progressives “the anti-Muslim movement’s most ...
February 12, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgLiberty Counsel celebrates the tenth annual Day of Purity on February 14.This event is a call for youth of all ages to purity. Liberty Counsel promotes students wearing white on ...
February 07, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgFBI evidence revealed in court yesterday showed that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) spurred Floyd Corkins’ shooting spree at the Family Research Council last summer.Pleading ...
February 07, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgAfter an intense grassroots firestorm, the board of directors of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has decided to postpone a vote to change the policy and allow homosexuals in the Scouts, ...
January 31, 2013 ~
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We need your help to call the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) board members
and tell them that boys should not be pawns in adult sexual
controversies. Scouts should be allowed to ...
January 29, 2013 ~
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Today, Liberty Counsel is filing two amicus briefs with the United
States Supreme Court on two marriage cases, the federal Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA) (U.S. v. Windsor) and ...
January 25, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org Liberty Counsel has entered into a strategic partnership with seven other pro-life organizations to launch LifeUnited.org, a website that provides a wide range of resources in order to end ...
January 24, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org Yesterday, the Tempe City Court dismissed a case against evangelist Doru Neamtu. Liberty Counsel defended Neamtu, who was targeted and harassed for street witnessing. Last September, ...
January 24, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org Students in Orange County, Florida, experienced the "free exercise of religion" on Religious Freedom Day 2013. Citing Liberty Counsel's 2010 case on behalf of World Changers, school ...
January 24, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org While the threat of Islamic terrorism is playing out in various parts of the world, the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point is studying America’s “violent” conservatives, ...
January 24, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org Today, we mourn four decades of violence against preborn children. Since January 22, 1973, America has aborted about 54 million preborn children. By contrast, we have lost under 1 million ...
January 21, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org This spring, join Mat and Anita Staver for an unforgettable trip to Israel, May 18-27! This tour provides a once-in-a-lifetime experience. You will visit famous Biblical and historical ...
January 21, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org I invite you to be part of an exciting and life-changing experience at The Awakening 2013. This year's theme is Fighting for the Soul of America. The event will be held in Orlando, ...
January 11, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org I invite you to be part of an exciting and life-changing experience at The Awakening 2013: "Fighting for the Soul of America" in Orlando, Florida, at First Baptist Oviedo April 19-20, ...
January 11, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org Today, the Alabama Supreme Court held that the word "child" in Alabama's chemical endangerment statute applies to the born and unborn in Ankrom v. State. Liberty Counsel's amicus brief ...
January 10, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgKnockTV, LLC and Liberty Counsel today announced a national partnership agreement to jointly promote and support KnockTV’s new, groundbreaking Christian reality TV series SURRENDER THE ...
January 10, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org Today, Liberty Counsel will represent Rev. Scott Lively, an evangelical pastor who was sued by the foreign group called Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG). The suit heard by the U.S. ...
January 10, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org Anita and I are pleased to invite you to be part of the Liberty Ambassador Counsel VIP Program and experience the Holy Land with us on May 18-27, 2013. Visit AmbassadorCounsel.org. The ...
January 02, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgToday, Liberty Counsel filed its Opening Brief at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals against the California ban on change therapy (SB 1172), which would ban any counseling to minors seeking ...
December 13, 2012 ~
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The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) has named Liberty Counsel as the senior sponsor of its Life Directive. Liberty Counsel and Liberty Counsel Action will also ...
December 12, 2012 ~
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The war against Christmas has only recently come to this nation, but repressive governments in other parts of the world have banned that holy day for many years. From 1969 to 1997, ...
December 07, 2012 ~
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Late last night, Liberty Counsel filed a request for an emergency appeal and declarations in support of our appeal, asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to block California law SB ...
December 07, 2012 ~
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Liberty Counsel came to the defense of residents living at The Willows, a senior apartment building in Newhall, California, who were told to remove their Christmas tree from the community ...
December 07, 2012 ~
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The Supreme Court announced that it will take up two marriage laws, the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (U.S. v. Windsor) and California’s Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry), ...
December 06, 2012 ~
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December 06, 2012 ~
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Liberty Counsel has offered pro bono legal counsel and, if needed, legal defense to the Little Rock Superintendent of Schools and Agape Church to defend the right of students to attend ...
December 05, 2012 ~
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A nativity scene that dates back to 1945 will be back up this year, after a 4-year absence. The federal court of appeals has deemed that the private display of a nativity scene on Mound ...
December 04, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org While some “grinches” try to secularize Christmas and remove any mention of Christ from Christmas, the majority of Americans still celebrate the “reason for the season.” According ...
December 04, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Today in Sacramento federal court, Judge Kimberly J. Mueller refused to block SB 1172, California’s change therapy law. The law bans any counseling to diminish or eliminate same-sex ...
November 29, 2012 ~
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Tomorrow, Liberty Counsel will challenge a California law that bans any counseling to diminish or eliminate same-sex sexual attractions. Liberty Counsel represents several parents and ...
November 28, 2012 ~
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For the second year, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee will not use “Christmas” to describe the evergreen tree decorated to celebrate December 25. “Governor, what do you call a ...
November 28, 2012 ~
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Today, Liberty Counsel filed a federal lawsuit against the Village of Plainfield for violating First Amendment rights. Liberty Counsel applied to rent the community room at The Plainfield ...
November 27, 2012 ~
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November 26, 2012 ~
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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Liberty Counsel’s Petition for Rehearing in the ObamaCare case of Liberty University v. Geithner. Liberty Counsel filed the petition for rehearing ...
November 21, 2012 ~
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As
we celebrate Thanksgiving, we should examine the little known fact that the
Pilgrims established a short-lived form of agricultural communism.
The
land was owned in common; everyone worked ...
November 20, 2012 ~
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As Shabbat began this past Friday, a siren screamed across Jerusalem warning of a rocket fired by Hamas toward the Holy City. The contrails were seen over Bethlehem, but the prayers of ...
November 19, 2012 ~
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Liberty Counsel filed its reply legal arguments and rebuttal declarations in federal court in its challenge to SB 1172, a new law that bans any counseling to diminish or eliminate ...
November 16, 2012 ~
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Yesterday sirens were heard in Tel Aviv, Israel, for the first time since the Gulf War. Over half of Israel’s population is currently under fire, as Hamas has become more aggressive and ...
November 16, 2012 ~
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In the prolonged case against former Attorney General Phillip “Phill” Kline, tweets sent by a law clerk for a Kansas Court of Appeals judge have clearly revealed extreme bias. The ...
November 15, 2012 ~
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Today Liberty Counsel is launching its tenth annual “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” pledging to be a “Friend” to those who recognize Christmas and a “Foe” to those who ...
November 08, 2012 ~
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The event we have just witnessed was far more than a general election – it was a referendum on the soul of America. We grieve today like we have lost a friend or a close relative. ...
November 02, 2012 ~
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has officially reported what Liberty Counsel has been saying all along: The IRS is not auditing churches because it does not have the authority to take ...
November 01, 2012 ~
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The U.S. Department of Justice has informed the Supreme Court that it does not oppose Liberty University’s Petition for Rehearing the Court’s denial of review of the case of Liberty ...
October 26, 2012 ~
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Act now to join Mat and Anita Staver for an unforgettable trip to Israel, May 18-27, 2013! This tour provides a once-in-a-lifetime experience. You will visit famous Biblical and ...
October 24, 2012 ~
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In a sharply divided opinion on Windsor v. US, a panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled today that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is ...
October 24, 2012 ~
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Rev. Billy Graham is running full-page advertisements in a number of newspapers across the country, urging voters to vote for candidates that support biblical values of life, natural ...
October 17, 2012 ~
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You are invited to join Mat Staver and other dynamic speakers this Thursday, October 18, for a powerful gathering with one aim—to Take Back America.
The purpose of government is to ...
October 15, 2012 ~
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Despite political rhetoric to the contrary, ObamaCare will for the first time require employers and individuals to directly fund abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and contraception. ...
October 11, 2012 ~
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Join us for a powerful gathering called Take Back America at Church of the Nations in Boca Raton, Florida, on Thursday, October 18, at 7:00 PM. This event is just days before the ...
October 10, 2012 ~
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Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, urging the court to uphold Arizona’s law which bans abortion after 20 weeks.
Women suffer and ...
October 09, 2012 ~
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Today, Liberty Counsel filed a Reply Petition at the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to review the proposed Oklahoma Personhood amendment case. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ...
October 08, 2012 ~
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Tomorrow, in Cooper City, Florida, you can join Floridians inspired to reclaim America and our state!
Speakers
Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel
MK Danny Danon, ...
October 05, 2012 ~
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An attorney’s polemic crusade against Jews for Jesus was harshly punished, again, in a Florida state court. Circuit Judge Lucy Brown sanctioned attorney Barry Silver with another ...
October 04, 2012 ~
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Today, Liberty Counsel filed suit in federal court challenging the new law (SB 1172) that bans any counseling to diminish, eliminate, or manage same-sex sexual attractions. Liberty ...
October 01, 2012 ~
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In anticipation that California Governor Jerry Brown would sign the new law banning change therapy, Liberty Counsel has been preparing a lawsuit on behalf of counselors, parents and their ...
October 01, 2012 ~
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Today the U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term and directed the federal government to respond to Liberty Counsel’s Petition for Rehearing within 30 days. Liberty Counsel filed the ...
September 28, 2012 ~
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Women concerned about the direction of our country and the legacy we are leaving for future generations are coming together today and tomorrow, September 28 and 29, at the Women Impacting ...
September 27, 2012 ~
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In 42 days, we will pick a new President of the United States, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and a third of our U.S. Senate. We will also cast ballots for governors, state ...
September 25, 2012 ~
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Early voting is starting soon in many states. With so many people to educate and mobilize, none of us can afford to waste time on frivolous activities. We need to get the truth out to our ...
September 25, 2012 ~
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Before the opening bell tomorrow morning, Wednesday, September 26, millions of students from across the country will gather at their school’s flagpole to pray for ...
September 24, 2012 ~
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With voter registration deadlines quickly approaching, Liberty Counsel is urging pastors and churches to encourage their members to register to vote. Church leaders have two more ...
September 20, 2012 ~
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Florida’s first female elected as Lieutenant Governor and the first African-American elected statewide, Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll will bring her inspiring message to the Women Impacting ...
September 19, 2012 ~
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Liberty Counsel is overturning years of misinformation and intimidation, and pastors are responding!
For years, leftist groups, such as Americans United for the Separation of Church and ...
September 19, 2012 ~
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When Jannique Stewart was just 15 years old, she was launched onto a national stage discussing the sanctity of life and teen sexuality in a national teen pageant.
“I’m a conservative ...
September 18, 2012 ~
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Mat and I have been approached countless times by concerned moms who ask, “What can I do to protect my family from the social battering on us?” – and – “How can I change ...
September 11, 2012 ~
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The 17-foot, relic cross found amongst the rubble at the World Trade Center is the center of a law suit filed by the American Atheists Foundation. The law suit complains of unequal ...
September 07, 2012 ~
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Late yesterday, the California legislature passed a bill that prohibits minors from receiving change therapy counseling regarding same-sex attractions. The bill, now headed to Gov. Jerry ...
September 07, 2012 ~
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Liberty Counsel is demanding that the Chelan County Fair retract its unfair and discriminating restriction on a religious group. For the last several years, Child Evangelism Fellowship ...
August 29, 2012 ~
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A federal appeals court ruled today that the Minneapolis Special School District No. 1 engaged in viewpoint discrimination when it removed Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) from the ...
August 29, 2012 ~
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Comedy, Politics and Religion are the three essentials to Victoria Jackson’s life. Best known for her work on Saturday Night Live, Victoria uniquely weaves faith and American life ...
August 22, 2012 ~
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans ruled late yesterday that the state legislature can cut funds to abortion providers. The Texas legislature’s decision to cut funds to Planned ...
August 21, 2012 ~
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Despair. Depression. Hopelessness. Abandonment. Single moms struggle with these emotions, but they do not have to permeate the mind forever. There is a way to get out of the hole; ...
August 15, 2012 ~
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Body image. Cyber-bullies. Experimentation. Your kids encounter dangerous pressures from culture, school, media, and the Internet before they even reach adolescence.
Cheerful, ...
August 15, 2012 ~
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A federal appeals court has reversed the decision in American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Dixie County Florida. Last summer, a U.S. District Judge ruled in favor of the ACLU ...
August 10, 2012 ~
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As of today, Liberty Counsel has sponsors for 99,750 copies of the "Patriot's Handbook of Religious Freedom in Public Schools" -- one for literally every public school in America! The ...
August 10, 2012 ~
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Federal Judge Alan Kay issued a voluminous opinion affirming natural marriage as one man and one woman. Hawaii lawmakers amended the law in 1994 “to clarify the legislature’s ...
August 10, 2012 ~
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Today’s conservative women carry a .38 in their apron pocket. These women spend as much time at the gun range as they do in the shopping mall. Proving one can don lipstick and ...
August 07, 2012 ~
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The widespread support for Dan Cathy and Chick-fil-A continues, as over sixty of the nation’s most influential, pro-family, pro-liberty organizations signed a joint ...
August 07, 2012 ~
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Today, New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, was asked to review a challenge to the New York legislature’s vote regarding the redefinition of marriage to include people of ...
August 07, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Now is the time to take a stand against the attack on faith and freedom! Join Mat Staver, Jim Garlow, Alveda King, Lou Engle, Sammy Rodriguez, and so many more! America for Jesus ...
August 03, 2012 ~
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Today, Liberty Counsel filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision removing a proposed Personhood citizen-initiative from the ...
August 03, 2012 ~
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Please share this announcement with the women you know...
Hey Girlfriend!
Paint your toe nails, grab your journal, and get ready to attend the women’s event of the ...
August 03, 2012 ~
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By a 2-to-1 margin, Georgia’s GOP primary voters, in a non-binding vote, overwhelmingly voted in favor of placing a Personhood amendment on the ballot to amend the state Constitution. ...
August 03, 2012 ~
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Miami-Dade County School Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho has backed down from his threat to revoke the lease from Impact Miami Church and Pastor Jack Hakimian. The Superintendent ...
August 03, 2012 ~
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The Faith Factor, Ethics & Mental Healthcare Webinar: Affirming the Right to Integrate Spirituality & Religious Values in Counseling & Psychotherapy - August 14, 2012
Join ...
August 03, 2012 ~
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www.LC.orgLiberty Counsel is distributing over 100,000 copies of “Silence is Not an Option,” a DVD and printed material set informing pastors and churches about what is permissible regarding ...
July 27, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org The Obama Administration joined the British Broadcasting Association (BBC) and the International Olympic Committee in demonstrating that injustice to the Jewish nation still exists today. ...
July 26, 2012 ~
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www.LC.orgLiberty Counsel stands behind Chick-fil-A and its president, Dan Cathy, regarding Cathy’s recent statement about supporting natural marriage as the union of one man and one ...
July 25, 2012 ~
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Liberty Counsel has sent a letter to the Miami-Dade County School Superintendent stating that any effort to rescind a facilities usage lease to a church because of the pastor’s sermon ...
July 24, 2012 ~
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www.LC.orgLiberty Counsel President Anita Staver has joined other Christian leaders in the American Prayer Initiative and is urging Americans to intercede daily for this nation until Election Day, ...
July 23, 2012 ~
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www.LC.orgThe British Broadcasting Company’s Olympic website purposely omitted Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Israeli page of the 2012 Olympic website states, “Seat of government ...
July 02, 2012 ~
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The Foundations of Law and Government display, including the tablets of the Ten Commandments, will remain on the walls of Narrows High School, following a settlement approved by the Giles ...
June 28, 2012 ~
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Today, in a surprising 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the “individual mandate” of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as “ObamaCare,” ruling that ...
June 25, 2012 ~
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Today the Supreme Court gutted the Arizona immigration law, declaring that that Sections 3, 5(C), and 6 were preempted by federal law.
The Court did reverse the injunction entered by the ...
June 25, 2012 ~
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The Supreme Court summarily reversed a Montana Supreme Court decision that forbade corporations from making campaign contributions in contravention of the Supreme Court’s decision in ...
June 21, 2012 ~
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Today, in FCC v. Fox the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Fox Television and ABC in their “vagueness” challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decency violations, but ...
June 15, 2012 ~
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A new study, authored by Associate Professor Mark Regnerus from the University of Texas, shows alarming child endangerment in same-sex households:
• Parental pedophilia is widespread: ...
May 31, 2012 ~
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Boston, MA—Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. Section 3 of DOMA defines ...
May 16, 2012 ~
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Today at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, Liberty Counsel is representing Child Evangelism Fellowship of Minnesota (CEF), the sponsor of Good News Clubs (GNC), against ...
May 15, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Livingston County, NY – Today Rena Lindevaldsen, Special Counsel for Liberty Counsel, told an appeals court that the secret, closed-door meetings held by New York State Senate ...
May 11, 2012 ~
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Mother’s Day is one of the most celebrated holidays in the United States. With 82.5 million mothers nationwide, this Sunday will be the peak day of the year for restaurants and long ...
May 09, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel applauds North Carolinians who ignored the voices of the elite media, Hollywood, and even the Obama Administration, and resoundingly voted to affirm ...
May 03, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Washington, DC – Today during the National Day of Prayer, we continue a long tradition of acknowledging the blessings of God, asking for His mercy and forgiveness, and pleading for ...
May 01, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Hutchinson, KS – The battle for our religious rights and moral values is now being fought in Hutchinson, Kansas. On May 15, the city council of the small town, just northwest of Wichita, ...
May 01, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Oklahoma City, OK – The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down the ballot initiative on personhood yesterday as unconstitutional under the federal Constitution, before it was even placed ...
April 27, 2012 ~
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Woonsocket, RI – Liberty Counsel stands ready to defend Woonsocket, Rhode Island, against threats from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), which takes issue with the ...
April 26, 2012 ~
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Winter Park, FL – A spectrum of leaders, organizations, and individuals came together last weekend to celebrate The Awakening 2012: Turning our Voices into Votes. Not the ...
April 24, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Washington, DC – The United States Supreme Court will hear argument tomorrow on the Arizona immigration law signed by Gov. Jan Brewer in 2010. This law is widely considered to be one of ...
April 19, 2012 ~
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Jackson, MS – The State of Mississippi advanced the health of women and the lives of the unborn this week, when Governor Phil Bryant signed into law regulations requiring clinic ...
April 18, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Oklahoma City, OK – The Oklahoma House of Representatives is expected to pass a bill declaring that human life begins at conception and extending the full protection of the law to all ...
April 17, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – As students are donning caps and gowns, Liberty Counsel is launching the tenth annual “Friend or Foe” Graduation Prayer Campaign. The campaign serves to protect ...
April 17, 2012 ~
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Vancleave, MS – Yesterday, the Jackson County School Board in Mississippi unanimously passed a student speech policy, which will allow the senior class to pick a student speaker to ...
April 16, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – On Friday, April 20, the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) will encourage students to remain silent for an entire school day in solidarity with the ...
April 12, 2012 ~
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Bellingham, MA – Today, fourth graders at Stall Brook Elementary School
will be permitted to perform “God Bless the USA” at their public school
assembly, because people in ...
April 10, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Atlanta, GA - Hallmark Management Company has settled with Daniel and Sharon Dixon, after firing and evicting them from a property management position for having a piece of artwork hanging ...
April 10, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Washington, DC – President Obama was publicly scolded this week for warning the Supreme Court against overturning ObamaCare. The President said that it would be “unprecedented” and ...
April 10, 2012 ~
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April 9, 2012www.LC.org Anchorage, AK – Voters in Anchorage, Alaska, overwhelmingly voted in favor of the natural family by rejecting Proposition 5, a measure that would have given special rights ...
April 10, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Eureka, CA— Six Rivers Planned Parenthood of Eureka, California, has launched a campaign called the 40 Days of Prayer: Supporting Women Everywhere, which lists 40 different prayers for ...
April 06, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped its appeal in Holder v. Pine against pro-life sidewalk counselor Mary “Susan” Pine, who is represented by Liberty ...
March 30, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Montgomery, AL – Liberty Counsel filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in the Alabama Supreme Court in the case of Ankrom v. State of Alabama. The case involves the consolidation of two cases, ...
March 29, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Now that the three days of oral argument are finished, the next step for ObamaCare is the private conference of the Justices scheduled for Friday, during which they ...
March 28, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Washington, DC – Today marks the final argument at the Supreme Court, during which the Court will focus on Medicaid expansion and states rights and severability. Under ObamaCare, some ...
March 27, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the second day of oral argument in Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, which will focus on the ...
March 26, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the first day of oral argument in Florida v. United States Department of Health and Human Services,
which will determine if the ...
March 23, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Today is the two-year anniversary of President Obama
signing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law (better
known as “ObamaCare”) and, ...
March 22, 2012 ~
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Washington DC – Liberty Counsel has agreed to represent Rev. Scott
Lively, an evangelical pastor who was sued in a Massachusetts federal
court by a foreign group called Sexual ...
March 20, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – People are gathering in over 100 cities across the
nation this Friday, March 23, to take a stand for their constitutional
rights and freedoms. After President Obama ...
March 06, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel announced today a new partnership with the pro-life organization, Personhood USA. This partnership will enable both Liberty Counsel and Personhood USA ...
March 02, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Washington, DC – An article entitled “After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live?” was recently published in the London-based Journal of Medical Ethics, advocating that if ...
February 27, 2012 ~
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Seaside, OR – Liberty Counsel filed a federal lawsuit
against the Public Library of Seaside, Oregon, for denying access for
an educational meeting that included religious content. ...
February 16, 2012 ~
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West Palm Beach, FL – An attorney’s polemic crusade against Jews for
Jesus took another blow this week, after the Fourth District Court of
Appeal in Florida affirmed over $56,000 ...
February 14, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Washington DC – After students at Liberty University produced a video called “The Purity Bear,” which has now been viewed in 186 countries, the Day of Purity launched a second video ...
February 13, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel has two filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court addressing both the Anti-Injunction Act and the Commerce Clause. Liberty Counsel represents ...
February 08, 2012 ~
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Sacramento, CA – Mathew Staver was appointed to the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC)
Board of Directors. The NHCLC is the nation’s largest Christian ...
February 07, 2012 ~
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San Francisco, CA – In Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the court issued a narrow 2-1 ruling,
finding that Prop 8 cannot limit the name “marriage” to opposite-sex
couples. The court did ...
January 31, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bill called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012
that will expand the nearly nonexistent exemption for religious ...
January 30, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Shawano, WI – Today the American College of Pediatricians sent a letter to the Shawano School District Superintendent, Todd Carlson, cautioning him to not react adversely to 15-year-old ...
January 27, 2012 ~
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Lynchburg, VA – A short video
promoting sexual purity hit a quarter of a million views today. People
from more than 175 different countries and regions have watched the ...
January 27, 2012 ~
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Orlando, FL – Liberty Counsel has had an incredible response for its “Florida Awake! Presidential Candidate Forum with Q&A”
happening tomorrow, January 28, 2012, from 3:30 to ...
January 23, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Shawano, WI – Liberty Counsel is representing the Wegner family after school officials at Shawano High School censored and punished Brandon Wegner, a 15-year-old, for writing an op-ed ...
January 19, 2012 ~
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Shawano, WI – School officials at Shawano High School needlessly censored
and apologized for a 15-year-old’s op-ed article supporting natural
mother-father adoption. It was a part ...
January 16, 2012 ~
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Judge suspects conspiracy between Eric Holder’s DOJ and abortion clinic to violate pro-lifers’ First Amendment rights
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West Palm Beach, FL – A federal judge has ended
Attorney ...
January 12, 2012 ~
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Washington DC - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided
that under the First Amendment churches are entitled to a “ministerial
exception” and thus dismissed a wrongful ...
January 06, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel is launching preparations for the
annual Day of Purity on Valentine’s Day and encouraging people across
the world to prepare for its celebration on ...
December 23, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Between his campaign against President Gerald Ford in
1975-76 and his race against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan delivered more
than 1,000 radio broadcasts, running about ...
December 14, 2011 ~
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West Palm Beach, FL – Mary Susan Pine, a Liberty Counsel client and
sidewalk counselor, is a picture of courage and moral strength. For the
last twenty years, she has spent virtually ...
December 13, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Another Macy’s employee has contacted Liberty Counsel and
shared about repeated issues with men using the women’s fitting rooms.
This individual asked to remain ...
December 12, 2011 ~
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Threatens S. Korea with Retaliation if Christmas Lights are Displayed at the Border
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Washington, DC – You might be a communist if…You ban poinsettias from a
government school; You ...
December 09, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Join Mat Staver and Natalie Johnson on America’s News HQ: Fox News Channel on Sunday, Dec. 11, between noon and 1:00 p.m., to discuss Macy’s policy that allows men to ...
December 05, 2011 ~
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San Antonio, TX – A young woman was fired from a Macy’s department
store for refusing to violate her religious beliefs by permitting a
young man dressed as a woman from entering ...
December 01, 2011 ~
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West Greenwich, RI – A Christian business owner has informed the Rhode
Island Governor that he may take back the Christmas tree he donated to
the State House for the annual Christmas ...
November 29, 2011 ~
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Livingston County, NY – Judge Robert Wiggins dealt a major setback
to New York Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg in the lawsuit brought
by Liberty Counsel against the same-sex ...
November 23, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Just one day after coming under a firestorm for selling
“holiday” gifts and providing “holiday” shipping for gifts to arrive by
December 25th, Walgreens has ...
November 22, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Two competing drug store chains have switched sides on Liberty Counsel’s “Naughty and Nice List.” For the first time since 2007 CVS Pharmacy has embraced Christmas ...
November 18, 2011 ~
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Charleston, SC – Liberty Counsel sent a letter
to a cancer treatment center, demanding it extend its reversal of a
decision to ban ...
November 14, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Today the U. S.
Supreme Court announced it will hear all arguments involving the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as "ObamaCare").
Liberty ...
November 10, 2011 ~
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Fort Worth, TX — The Fort Worth Independent School District has issued a letter to Liberty Counsel fully vindicating high school freshman Dakota Ary, who was given in-school suspension ...
November 09, 2011 ~
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Jacksonville, FL – Liberty Counsel sent a letter
to the Clay County School District, demanding it stop interfering with
constitutionally protected prayer prior to the start of the ...
November 04, 2011 ~
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Jackson, MS – On Tuesday, Mississippi voters will vote on a state
constitutional amendment which will recognize personhood from the moment
of fertilization, cloning or the functional ...
November 02, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel Action is informing
Senators that its members do not want the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA) repealed and that it will be including the vote in its ...
November 01, 2011 ~
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Howell, MI – The Gannett-owned media, Livingston Daily, a daily Michigan newspaper, has launched a war on Christmas. The general manager and editor of the paper sent a scathing email
...
October 31, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel has filed its Reply
Brief in Support of its Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the United
States Supreme Court in the case of Liberty University v. ...
October 24, 2011 ~
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Kalispell, MT – The Knights of Columbus (KOC) has been ordered by the United States Forest Service to take down a World War II Memorial that includes a statue of Jesus erected in 1953 ...
October 20, 2011 ~
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Watsonville, CA – The Pajaro Valley Unified School District approved Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) of Santa Cruz County to distribute permission slips for it’s Good News Club ...
October 19, 2011 ~
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Chicago, IL – The United States Supreme Court has denied review of a
case decided by a federal appeals court in Chicago last year that ruled a
daily moment of silence as ...
October 14, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – An estimated 12 million students recited the Pledge of Allegiance in school for the first time 119 years ago on October 12, 1892. Following the ...
October 12, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review an important case involving natural marriage and family, thus allowing the federal court of appeals decision to stand. The case ...
October 10, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty University and two private individuals filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting the High Court to review the case from the Fourth Circuit ...
September 28, 2011 ~
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Fort Worth, TX — Last week, high school freshman Dakota Ary was given in-school suspension for telling another student that he believes homosexuality is wrong because of his Christian ...
September 27, 2011 ~
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Kansas City, MO – Today Liberty Counsel filed a Petition
for Writ of Certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Victory
Through Jesus Ministry Foundation (“Victory”) in ...
September 23, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – October 7-9 marks the sixth annual Values Voter Summit
at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Confirmed speakers
include Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Michele ...
September 23, 2011 ~
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Fort Worth, TX — On Tuesday, high school freshman Dakota Ary was given
in-school suspension for stating in class that he believes homosexuality
is wrong because of his Christian ...
September 20, 2011 ~
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Jerusalem, Israel – As the Palestinian Authority (PA) leader, Mahmoud
Abbas, presses the United Nations to officially recognize the statehood
of the PA, Liberty Counsel sent a ...
September 19, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – President Obama’s proposed “American Jobs Act”
will repeal charitable tax deductions for certain taxpayers.
Eliminating tax deductions would allegedly raise ...
September 16, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in FCC v. Fox.
The case involves a challenge by broadcast networks to the FCC decency ...
September 14, 2011 ~
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Giles County, VA – The ACLU of Virginia has filed a lawsuit against the
Giles County School Board after Narrows High School posted a display on
law with ten equal-size frames, one ...
September 13, 2011 ~
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Lynchburg, VA – Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty
Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, has been appointed
to a panel
of Legal Experts to address key ...
September 09, 2011 ~
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Jackson, MS – The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled
in favor of Initiative Measure 26, otherwise known as the Personhood
Amendment, and will allow this historic issue to appear on ...
August 29, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – The U.S. State Department is promoting an anti-Israel
propaganda campaign. The extent of the campaign and the misinformation
raises serious concern. The most recent ...
August 24, 2011 ~
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All Media Are Invited to Attend
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Tavares, FL – The Lake County School Board has completed their “investigation” of Jerry Buell, last year’s “Teacher of the Year” at Mount Dora ...
August 24, 2011 ~
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Mount Dora, FL – Jerry Buell has been reinstated as a teacher, allowing him to return back to the classroom tomorrow. The Lake County School Board made its decision today after a ...
August 15, 2011 ~
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Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld new abortion
regulations which require any woman seeking an abortion to meet
face-to-face with the licensed physician performing the ...
August 12, 2011 ~
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Atlanta, GA – Today the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
in a 2-1 opinion that the individual mandate in Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”) exceeds ...
July 26, 2011 ~
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Cross City, FL – Today Liberty Counsel filed a Notice of Appeal
on behalf of Dixie County, Florida, at the Eleventh Circuit Court of
Appeals to defend the county’s Open Forum ...
July 25, 2011 ~
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Livingston County, NY – In response to the flagrant violations of the
New York state constitutional and legal procedures, Liberty Counsel has filed a law suit
in the New York Supreme ...
July 18, 2011 ~
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Roswell, NM – Liberty Counsel has filed a brief requesting summary judgment in the lawsuit Taylor v. Roswell against the Roswell Independent School District, for retaliating against a ...
July 13, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly
released a report that details the dangers for women who are considering
using Mifepristone, also known as the ...
July 12, 2011 ~
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Columbus, OH – Today the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld lower court rulings that a biological mother, Kelly Mullen, who had allowed her same-sex partner, Michele Hobbs, to “coparent” ...
June 29, 2011 ~
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Cincinnati, OH – Today the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of the federal government in the case of Thomas More Law Center v. Obama,
challenging the national ...
June 24, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Tens of thousands of Americans have signed our “Stand with Israel”
petition. Mathew and Anita Staver, founders of Liberty Counsel returned
from Israel and had ...
June 15, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Today national leaders signed a Freedom Federation letter
that is being hand-delivered to all members of the U.S. Congress,
urging them to balance ...
June 13, 2011 ~
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Lynchburg, VA – Today teens from across the country are gathered for
TeenPact Judicial, a weeklong combination of training and competition
for aspiring lawyers hosted by Liberty ...
June 06, 2011 ~
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Jackson, MS - Today Liberty Counsel will present oral argument
at the Mississippi Supreme Court, defending Personhood Mississippi and
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann ...
June 03, 2011 ~
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West Palm Beach, FL – After having multiple counts repeatedly dismissed
in a lawsuit filed against Jews for Jesus, state circuit Judge Edward
Fine sanctioned attorney Barry Silver ...
June 02, 2011 ~
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Nashville, TN – The Tennessee State House of Representatives passed a resolution urging each county to permit the Ten Commandments to be posted in their respective courthouses. The ...
June 01, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – Late yesterday, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its Supplemental Brief at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, stating that the court has ...
May 31, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – Today Liberty Counsel filed a Supplemental Brief on behalf of Liberty University and two private plaintiffs challenging the Individual and Employer Mandates found in the ...
May 24, 2011 ~
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Hampton, TN – After Liberty Counsel intervened, graduation ceremonies
at Hampton High School and two other schools in the same district
included prayer in the graduation ceremonies ...
May 23, 2011 ~
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Bastrop, LA – Graduating seniors at Bastrop High School in Louisiana
did not let a complaint stop them from praying this past weekend during
their graduation ceremony. One student ...
May 20, 2011 ~
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Elizabethton, TN – The Hampton High School class president who expressed her desire to acknowledge God in prayer at her graduation has received support from Liberty Counsel which sent a ...
May 19, 2011 ~
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Irving, TX – Liberty Counsel sent a letter offering pro bono
legal representation to the Irving Independent School District after
the ACLU of Texas sent a demand letter threatening ...
May 18, 2011 ~
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Neptune, NJ – Liberty Counsel has sent a letter offering pro bono representation
to Neptune High School, after it was threatened by the ACLU with "legal
recourse" for continuing the ...
May 17, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – As students all around the country are celebrating their graduation, Liberty Counsel is at the forefront of protecting them by launching its annual “Friend or Foe” ...
May 10, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – The oral argument in Liberty
University v. Geithner will be heard today, challenging the
constitutionality of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act at the ...
May 06, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – The oral argument in Liberty University v. Geithner
will be heard at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at
1000 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, on ...
April 22, 2011 ~
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Larose, LA – Liberty Counsel applauds the Larose Lower Elementary
School for reversing its unconstitutional ban and permitting Pastor Gary
Hanberry to participate in the school’s ...
April 20, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel applauds the U.S. House of
Representatives’ choice of legal counsel to defend the federal Defense
of Marriage Act (DOMA). The U.S. House ...
March 11, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver will present oral argument on May 10, 2011, at 9:30 AM Eastern Time in the case of Liberty University v. Geithner.
The ...
February 22, 2011 ~
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Case requested Court to clarify Establishment Clause rulings
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Washington, DC – Today the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear a Ten
Commandments case that was previously argued at ...
February 02, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver will present oral argument the week of May 10-13, 2011, at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, ...
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