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Jacob Reed serves as legal counsel for the Center for Christian Ministries with Alliance Defending Freedom. Reed litigates on behalf of churches, Christian ministries, and religious schools to defend their constitutionally protected rights under the First Amendment.

… public servants. For that reason, a 4th Circuit panel last year rightly upheld Rowan County’s clearly constitutional … prayer policy. We had hoped the Supreme Court would take this opportunity to reaffirm and clarify its 2014 … people of Rowan County as to who they have elected should be respected, as should the freedom of those representatives …

… Supreme Court Upholds Prayer at Public Meetings The Supreme … of the United States and the Supreme Court has found to be part of the “fabric of society” in America. But in 2008, … volunteers to pray before the meetings. Even though Greece never barred ministers of any religion from praying at the …

… NC county asks US Supreme Court to reaffirm freedom to pray before public meetings … public meetings. For that reason, a 4th Circuit panel last year rightly upheld Rowan County’s clearly constitutional …

… public meetings with prayer. Public officials today should be able to do the same,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Joel … mention a specific deity, as demanded by Americans United, would violate the First Amendment by placing government in … … religious freedom … public square … public prayer … Supreme Court of the United States … Court rules NY town can …

… Court: Calif. library can’t ban meetings it labels ‘religious … government employees consider its scheduled activities to be “religious services.”  Alliance Defense Fund attorneys … entanglement of government with religion: “Echoing the Supreme Court in Widmar , the Ninth Circuit determined that …

… signs Gilbert allows on street corners virtually all year reveals how the town applies stricter rules to church … if it invites people to…church services. Gilbert has never provided a satisfactory explanation to this question … whenever the government says it has a ‘good motive’ would grant the government nearly carte blanche authority to …

… Supreme Court asked to stop gov’t discrimination against … truly concerned about traffic safety as they claim, they would apply the rules evenly to all similar temporary signs.” … signs. Under the ordinance, political signs in Gilbert can be up to 32 square feet, displayed for many months, and …

… Court: Ohio library can’t prohibit meeting because of … Board of Trustees on March 7. “Christian groups shouldn’t be discriminated against for their beliefs, and we are … in the political process.  The court found the elements to be protected speech and that prohibition on use of the …

… Christian broadcasters ask Supreme Court to hear their religious freedom case Lawsuit takes … Freedom and Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to hear the case of religious …