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Religious Liberty Prevails: Moody Bible Institute Wins Settlement After District Blocks Christian Hiring Practices

Over 90,000 Come To Hear Franklin Graham Preach The Gospel In Peru, Thousands Accept Christ

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First Grade Christian Teacher Secures Right to Opt-Out Of Reading LGBTQ Books

First Liberty Institute filed suit on Feb. 17 on Rivera’s behalf, requesting that KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School remove the final warning letter from his personnel file, stop discriminating against individuals for their religious beliefs in hiring and evaluating employees, and commit to accommodating religious employees who wish to refrain from reading any materials to students that violate their faith.

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‘Common Sense Has Prevailed’: Christian Teacher Receives $650,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Suit

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Vermont Rescinds Gender-Ideology Mandate for Foster Parents

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First Grade Christian Teacher Secures Right to Opt-Out Of Reading LGBTQ Books

Decision Magazine - March 16, 2026

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Religious Liberty Prevails: Moody Bible Institute Wins Settlement After District Blocks Christian Hiring Practices

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Over 90,000 Come To Hear Franklin Graham Preach The Gospel In Peru, Thousands Accept Christ

‘Common Sense Has Prevailed’: Christian Teacher Receives $650,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Suit

Vermont Rescinds Gender-Ideology Mandate for Foster Parents

Christian School Fights Colorado Law Banning Funding for Religious Schools

Education Department Adds Protections on School Religious Expression

Florida Church Can Resume Worship Services, Appellate Court Rules

Department Of Education Says California ‘Egregiously Abused’ Their Authority Through Transgender Policies

Pro-life Student Club Asks Supreme Court to Hear Censorship Case

NHS Reinstates UK Christian Nurse Suspended for ‘Misgendering’ Patient

‘A Victory For Common Sense’: UK Employment Tribunal Rules In Favor Of Biological Truth

Appellate Court Hears Case of Church Forced to Provide Employee Abortion Coverage

ISIS Warns Nigerian Christians to Convert, ‘Spare Their Blood’

Colorado Agrees To Settlement After Lawsuit Confronts State Ban On Abortion Pill Reversal

Student Accused of Vandalism After Memorializing Charlie Kirk on Rock

Grandmother Arrested Under Scotland’s Abortion ‘Buffer Zones’ Law Gets Day in Court

Pakistani Pastor Gunned Down By Assassin After Surviving Earlier Attack

North Carolina Backs Down On Ban Of Church Ads On Buses

Pro-Life Billboards Set Off Canadian Speech Debate

Protestors Arrested for Opposing Puberty Blockers Take Legal Action Against Brussels Authorities

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Supreme Court Hears Pregnancy Center’s Case As New Jersey State Government Takes Aim At Pro-Life Groups

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

‘Thankful To God’: Arizona Church Barred from Food Distribution Reaches Settlement

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Of Florida Christian School Prayer

City Backs Down, Allows Live Nativity on Public Land

High School Girls Who Refused to Share Podium with Male Athlete Win Free Speech Lawsuit

Colorado School Revokes Ban On Christian Art Display

UK Report: Abortion Pill Complications Linked to 54,000 Hospitalizations

Arrested For Evangelizing: Supreme Court to Announce Hearing Date for Pastor’s Case

Massachusetts Foster Parents Stripped of Foster License for Christian Beliefs

Over 30 Mozambique Christians Beheaded by ISIS Group

Trump Admin: Minnesota Is Breaking Federal Law by Allowing Males in Female Sports

Nonprofit Asks FTC To Examine ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ In Schools: ‘Children Should Not Be Pawns In The Culture War’

Blasphemy Case Affecting Christians Reaches Nigeria Supreme Court

District Court: South Carolina Man Can Hold Signs Sharing The Gospel

‘I’m Sticking To God’s Word’: Kentucky Board Dismisses Anti-Christian Complaints Against Counselor

Appellate Court Rules in Favor of Physician Assistant After She Was Viciously Fired For Biblical Beliefs

Alaska Medical Board Votes to Classify Transgender Procedures on Minors As Unprofessional Conduct

Real Estate Agents Face Punishment And Fines For Discussing Christian Beliefs

Court Says State May Not Bar Christian Colleges from Education Program

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First Grade Christian Teacher Secures Right to Opt-Out Of Reading LGBTQ Books

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Religious Liberty Prevails: Moody Bible Institute Wins Settlement After District Blocks Christian Hiring Practices

Moody Bible Institute only hires those who agree with Moody’s Doctrinal and Positional Statements. For example, an employee must agree with core Biblical doctrines such as the Trinity, the infallibility of the Bible, Jesus’ divinity, the virgin birth, the Gospel and the death and resurrection of Jesus. Those who are employed must also be part of a local church and abstain from sex outside of marriage and not condone or affirm transgenderism or homosexuality.

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Over 90,000 Come To Hear Franklin Graham Preach The Gospel In Peru, Thousands Accept Christ

“The entire world is infected with sin. Without Jesus you have no hope,” Franklin preached. “You cannot save yourself. You cannot forgive yourself. The church cannot save you. Religion cannot save you. Only the blood of Jesus can save you. He is the only way. He came from Heaven to this earth to take your sins. He died and shed His blood on the cross for you. Tonight, you can put your faith and trust in Him and be saved from your sins and have a new life.”

‘Common Sense Has Prevailed’: Christian Teacher Receives $650,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Suit

Vermont Rescinds Gender-Ideology Mandate for Foster Parents

Christian School Fights Colorado Law Banning Funding for Religious Schools

Education Department Adds Protections on School Religious Expression

Florida Church Can Resume Worship Services, Appellate Court Rules

Department Of Education Says California ‘Egregiously Abused’ Their Authority Through Transgender Policies

Pro-life Student Club Asks Supreme Court to Hear Censorship Case

NHS Reinstates UK Christian Nurse Suspended for ‘Misgendering’ Patient

‘A Victory For Common Sense’: UK Employment Tribunal Rules In Favor Of Biological Truth

Appellate Court Hears Case of Church Forced to Provide Employee Abortion Coverage

ISIS Warns Nigerian Christians to Convert, ‘Spare Their Blood’

Colorado Agrees To Settlement After Lawsuit Confronts State Ban On Abortion Pill Reversal

Student Accused of Vandalism After Memorializing Charlie Kirk on Rock

Grandmother Arrested Under Scotland’s Abortion ‘Buffer Zones’ Law Gets Day in Court

Pakistani Pastor Gunned Down By Assassin After Surviving Earlier Attack

North Carolina Backs Down On Ban Of Church Ads On Buses

Pro-Life Billboards Set Off Canadian Speech Debate

Protestors Arrested for Opposing Puberty Blockers Take Legal Action Against Brussels Authorities

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Supreme Court Hears Pregnancy Center’s Case As New Jersey State Government Takes Aim At Pro-Life Groups

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

‘Thankful To God’: Arizona Church Barred from Food Distribution Reaches Settlement

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Of Florida Christian School Prayer

City Backs Down, Allows Live Nativity on Public Land

Christian School Fights Colorado Law Banning Funding for Religious Schools

Education Department Adds Protections on School Religious Expression

Florida Church Can Resume Worship Services, Appellate Court Rules

Department Of Education Says California ‘Egregiously Abused’ Their Authority Through Transgender Policies

Pro-life Student Club Asks Supreme Court to Hear Censorship Case

NHS Reinstates UK Christian Nurse Suspended for ‘Misgendering’ Patient

‘A Victory For Common Sense’: UK Employment Tribunal Rules In Favor Of Biological Truth

Appellate Court Hears Case of Church Forced to Provide Employee Abortion Coverage

ISIS Warns Nigerian Christians to Convert, ‘Spare Their Blood’

Colorado Agrees To Settlement After Lawsuit Confronts State Ban On Abortion Pill Reversal

Student Accused of Vandalism After Memorializing Charlie Kirk on Rock

Grandmother Arrested Under Scotland’s Abortion ‘Buffer Zones’ Law Gets Day in Court

Pakistani Pastor Gunned Down By Assassin After Surviving Earlier Attack

North Carolina Backs Down On Ban Of Church Ads On Buses

Pro-Life Billboards Set Off Canadian Speech Debate

Protestors Arrested for Opposing Puberty Blockers Take Legal Action Against Brussels Authorities

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Supreme Court Hears Pregnancy Center’s Case As New Jersey State Government Takes Aim At Pro-Life Groups

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

‘Thankful To God’: Arizona Church Barred from Food Distribution Reaches Settlement

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Of Florida Christian School Prayer

City Backs Down, Allows Live Nativity on Public Land

High School Girls Who Refused to Share Podium with Male Athlete Win Free Speech Lawsuit

Colorado School Revokes Ban On Christian Art Display

UK Report: Abortion Pill Complications Linked to 54,000 Hospitalizations

Arrested For Evangelizing: Supreme Court to Announce Hearing Date for Pastor’s Case

Massachusetts Foster Parents Stripped of Foster License for Christian Beliefs

Over 30 Mozambique Christians Beheaded by ISIS Group

Trump Admin: Minnesota Is Breaking Federal Law by Allowing Males in Female Sports

Nonprofit Asks FTC To Examine ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ In Schools: ‘Children Should Not Be Pawns In The Culture War’

Blasphemy Case Affecting Christians Reaches Nigeria Supreme Court

District Court: South Carolina Man Can Hold Signs Sharing The Gospel

‘I’m Sticking To God’s Word’: Kentucky Board Dismisses Anti-Christian Complaints Against Counselor

Appellate Court Rules in Favor of Physician Assistant After She Was Viciously Fired For Biblical Beliefs

Alaska Medical Board Votes to Classify Transgender Procedures on Minors As Unprofessional Conduct

Real Estate Agents Face Punishment And Fines For Discussing Christian Beliefs

Court Says State May Not Bar Christian Colleges from Education Program

Students Punished for Expressing Discomfort in Girl Sharing Locker Room

Judge Rules That Schools Are Violating The Constitution By Discriminating Against ‘Good News Clubs’

Rejecting Gender Ideology, Calif. School District Votes To Comply With Title Ix

School District Bars Prayer Events on School Grounds After Receiving Complaint From Atheist Organization

‘Gender’ Cannot Trump Biology: World Athletics to Enforce Sex-Determination Testing for Female Athletes

North Carolina Legislature Overrides Veto, Passes Sweeping ‘Two Sexes’ Bill

Government Safeguards Federal Employees’ Freedom to Share Faith at Work

After Investigation, Trump Admin Finds Five Virginia School Districts Guilty of Violating Title IX

Ski Resort Employee Files Lawsuit After Bible Verses On His Personal Social Media Led To His Firing

Texas City Permits Church Members to Share Faith in Public Park

Federal Judge Blocks Defunding of Planned Parenthood

‘An Important Precedent’: Australia Court Upholds Free Speech in Key Case

A Historic Victory For Religious Liberty: Supreme Court Rules Parents Can Opt Children Out Of LGBT Story Hours

Supreme Court: States Can Exclude Abortion Providers From Medicaid

Franklin Graham Urges Prayer in Wake of Iran Bombing

Upholding Religious Liberty In Schools: Texas School District Upholds Student’s Right To Share Bible Verses

‘Common Sense Has Prevailed’: Christian Teacher Receives $650,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Suit

David Cortman, ADF senior counsel and vice president of U.S. Litigation, stated in a press release that ADF hopes the settlement “shows teachers that they do not have to bow the knee to ideological mandates that violate their religious beliefs.”

Vermont Rescinds Gender-Ideology Mandate for Foster Parents

“No parent should be forced to lie to a vulnerable child about who they are, much less promote irreversible and life-altering procedures that don’t have any proven health benefits,” said Widmalm-Delphonse. “And, unfortunately, other loving families have been unable to open their homes to children in need just because of their Christian worldview. We commend Vermont for respecting the religious diversity of foster parents and ending its exclusionary policy that deprived children of opportunities to find loving homes.”

Christian School Fights Colorado Law Banning Funding for Religious Schools

A Christian school and an educational choice organization are asking a U.S. district court to declare that Colorado’s ban on funding for religious education violates the United States Constitution.

Education Department Adds Protections on School Religious Expression

The Guidance On Constitutionally Protected Prayer And Religious Expression In Public Elementary And Secondary Schools, released Feb. 5, states that under recent Supreme Court rulings that interpreted First Amendment rights in schools, “all members of a public school community have a constitutional right to religious expression in public schools, including a right to engage in prayer.”

Florida Church Can Resume Worship Services, Appellate Court Rules

“Being deprived of religious liberty involving worship is an irreparable harm. Coastal Family Church was unconstitutionally forced to choose between cancelling worship services or be in contempt of court. Every Sunday a church is forced to close its doors inflicts irreparable spiritual and constitutional injury on its congregation.”

Department Of Education Says California ‘Egregiously Abused’ Their Authority Through Transgender Policies

Sonja Shaw, Chino Valley Unified School board president who has fought Assembly Bill 1955 since its introduction, celebrated the announcement on social media, posting, “Children belong to families, not the state. God-given and constitutional rights are worth fighting for!!”

Pro-life Student Club Asks Supreme Court to Hear Censorship Case

“Administrators will throw up roadblocks for pro-life clubs because they don’t want pro-life speech in schools, fearing that some may find it controversial,” Hawkins said in a press release. “Our petition will focus on an attempted ban on ‘political’ speech. Free speech rights you can’t use don’t exist. We are not going to forget about our students’ rights or ignore attempts to silence them, no matter how long it takes.”

NHS Reinstates UK Christian Nurse Suspended for ‘Misgendering’ Patient

The NHS Trust has dropped a disciplinary case against a U.K. Christian nurse who was suspended after publicly criticizing a warning she had received from the Trust for “misgendering” a biological male who had been convicted of pedophilia and identified as female.

‘A Victory For Common Sense’: UK Employment Tribunal Rules In Favor Of Biological Truth

“This is a victory for common sense and for every woman who simply wants to feel safe at work,” said Darlington nurse Bethany Hutchison, president of the Darlington Nursing Union. “Women deserve access to single-sex spaces without fear of intimidation. Forcing us to undress in front of a man was not only degrading but dangerous. Today’s ruling sends a clear message: the NHS cannot ignore women’s right in the name of ideology.”

Appellate Court Hears Case of Church Forced to Provide Employee Abortion Coverage

“The church’s religious belief is that it is facilitating abortion by covering it through the church’s plan. There is absolutely no argument otherwise that there would be no abortion coverage here but for Cedar Park seeking out an insurer, negotiating the terms and signing a contract,” Gray said during the hearing.

ISIS Warns Nigerian Christians to Convert, ‘Spare Their Blood’

The Islamic State has warned Nigerian Christians that they can “spare their blood” by renouncing their faith in Christ, according to a social media post from a West Virginia congressman and a Jan. 8 news report.

Colorado Agrees To Settlement After Lawsuit Confronts State Ban On Abortion Pill Reversal

The law, signed by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis in April 2023, deemed any effort to dispense or recommend abortion pill reversals as “unprofessional conduct” and “subject to discipline in this state.” It affectively barred women who changed their mind during the beginning stages of a chemical abortion from obtaining medication to save the baby’s life. Such pills have a 64% to 68% success rate on saving of unborn babies’ lives.

Student Accused of Vandalism After Memorializing Charlie Kirk on Rock

“No student should be censored, punished and shamed by school officials simply for sharing her views,” said ADF senior counsel Travis Barham. “Charlie Kirk boldly defended open and respectful discourse on school grounds literally until his last breath, and this courage inspired many across the country, including the student who painted the message on Ardrey Kell High School’s spirit rock."

Grandmother Arrested Under Scotland’s Abortion ‘Buffer Zones’ Law Gets Day in Court

A Scottish grandmother charged for silently holding a sign offering conversations with women considering abortions had her first hearing in Glasgow Sheriff Court.

Pakistani Pastor Gunned Down By Assassin After Surviving Earlier Attack

Rev. Kamran Salamat, 45, was attacked on Dec. 5 and found with wounds to the lower abdomen, right wrist, and left ear. Salamat was about to take his daughter, 16, to her college. After gunning him down, the motorcyclist, who is suspected to have been accompanied by two other men, fled unharmed.

North Carolina Backs Down On Ban Of Church Ads On Buses

“The First Amendment grants all Americans the right to express their point of view, religious or secular,” said First Liberty Senior Counsel Ryan Gardner. “Rejecting a faith-based advertising banner yet accepting other secular ads is clearly hypocritical, discriminatory, and illegal. We are thankful the City reversed course and will allow New Life Christian Center to run its advertisement.”

Pro-Life Billboards Set Off Canadian Speech Debate

Pro-life billboards in West Kelowna, British Columbia, are scheduled to come down at the end of their contract following a fight with pro-abortion activists. The billboards—which state, “All lives are precious”—were purchased from B.C. Billboards by the Kelowna Right to Life Society and stand along Route 97, just 120 miles north of the American-Canadian border.

Protestors Arrested for Opposing Puberty Blockers Take Legal Action Against Brussels Authorities

“Puberty blockers, and the cross-sex hormones that so often follow them, are highly dangerous drugs that can cause long-lasting damage to children—impacting their bodily development, bone density, mental health, lifelong fertility, and more,” explained Miller. “It is scandalous to expose children to these drugs, and it is scandalous to silence and jail those who speak out about it. No one should fear arrest for defending children’s safety.”

Appeals Court Hears Case of Pastor Removed from Police Board for Christian Beliefs

“We had a very interactive panel of judges who engaged with Pastor Hodges’ legal arguments,” Fleischer said. “Even the government’s attorney effectively conceded the core of our position. When asked whether there were any limits—such as if a mayor might refuse to reappoint someone simply because of disagreement with their religious beliefs—she responded, ‘It would depend on whether there was a nexus between religious tenants and politics.’ In this case, there was no nexus. Pastor Hodges was removed not because of anything he did or how he carried out his duties, but solely because of his Biblical worldview.”

Supreme Court Hears Arrested Evangelist’s Case

Olivier paused preaching in the area after COVID shut down the amphitheater’s concerts, but in May 2021, he returned to share the Gospel. At first, he evangelized in the designated zone but then eventually moved outside the area to preach because the zone isolated him from speaking to crowds. After he was arrested and fined, Olivier filed suit against the city, arguing that the ordinance violated his First and 14th Amendment rights.

Supreme Court Hears Pregnancy Center’s Case As New Jersey State Government Takes Aim At Pro-Life Groups

Both ADF and First Choice Executive Director Aimee Huber have pointed out that the state attorney’s general’s office seems to be attacking the centers because they’re pro-life. “Our state’s government has done everything they could to make New Jersey a sanctuary state for abortion,” said Huber. “Since pregnancy centers like ours do not perform or refer for abortion, we are targets for a government that disagrees with our views.”

University Sides With Student Flunked for Citing Scripture in Gender Essay

A University of Oklahoma student filed a discrimination report after she received a zero out of a 25 for writing an essay that expressed her Christian beliefs on gender norms. The school responded by removing the graduate assistant who graded the essay.

‘Thankful To God’: Arizona Church Barred from Food Distribution Reaches Settlement

“Gethsemani Baptist Church has only ever wanted to continue its 25-year mission of providing food for the hungry, hurting people in their community,” said Ryan Gardner, senior counsel for First Liberty Institute. “We are grateful that the city’s agreement will ensure that the church can carry on its ministry serving the vulnerable families in Yuma County.”

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case Of Florida Christian School Prayer

In December 2015, Cambridge Christian and University Christian School played against each other for a state championship football game at Citrus Bowl Stadium. The game was organized by the FHSAA. Although both schools asked to pray through the stadium speaker before the game, the FHSAA denied the request.

City Backs Down, Allows Live Nativity on Public Land

“For so long,” he said, “the message to government employees, to teachers, really to anyone in the public arena, is ‘No religion is allowed.’ So I think that a simple demand letter can shed light on that particular lie. … For years, the Supreme Court and other courts have acknowledged that private citizens directing private displays, like Susan is, has always been not just permitted but encouraged by the Constitution.”

High School Girls Who Refused to Share Podium with Male Athlete Win Free Speech Lawsuit

“We didn’t refuse to stand on the podium out of hate,” Anderson told Fox News. “We did it because someone has to say this isn’t right. In order to protect the integrity and fairness of girls sports we must stand up for what is right.”

Colorado School Revokes Ban On Christian Art Display

“The district’s inconsistent policies demonstrate that the seniors’ messages on the parking spots in Academy School District 20, including those at Rampart, are private speech, not government speech,” First Liberty wrote in a letter to Superintendent Jinger Haberer and Principal Meghan Sanders on Oct. 22. “Therefore, the district cannot deny Ms. Shumaker’s private, religious speech without violating the First Amendment.”

UK Report: Abortion Pill Complications Linked to 54,000 Hospitalizations

Kevin Duffy, the former director of pro-abortion organization MSI Reproductive Choices, conducted the analysis on the NHS report. Duffy, who abandoned the pro-abortion agenda and became a pro-life researcher, has repeatedly spoken on the dangers of the abortion pill. “From about 2015-2016, MSI began to emphasize a strategic push towards self-managed medical abortion, supplying abortion drugs through pharmacies.”

Arrested For Evangelizing: Supreme Court to Announce Hearing Date for Pastor’s Case

“I’ve been able to able to benefit from other people and other cases that established my rights and freedoms,” Olivier said. “And I want to be able to do that for those coming after me. It is important to fight these battles even though it doesn’t make for a comfortable, quiet or peaceful life.”

Massachusetts Foster Parents Stripped of Foster License for Christian Beliefs

The state of Massachusetts has stripped another Christian foster care couple of their foster licensing after they declined to sign a state-enforced gender affirming...

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