Just before the start of the 2023-2024 school year, officials in the West Shore School District (near Harrisburg) sent a letter to Booster Club presidents ordering them to “halt prayers at future banquets, and at any other school-sponsored...
Independence Law Center filed Amicus Brief in Defense of Lorie Smith and First Amendment Rights (HARRISBURG, PA - June 30, 2023) Today, in a 6-3 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of First Amendment freedoms of Lorie Smith in 303 Creative v. Elenis,...
Decision means fewer religious employees will have to choose between their faith and their job. Today, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a victory to former postal carrier Gerald Groff against the United States Postal...
Pennsylvania is the last in the nation to still have as state law what the Ku Klux Klan crafted for implementing their anti-Catholic sentiment upon schools and educators. Today, the PA House Education Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 84,...
Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta's House Bill 300 would make significant changes to Pennsylvania state law that would impact everyone, particularly in areas of religious freedom and privacy rights. Democrat leaders rushed this bill through the process in the PA House of...
There’s no ‘off-year’ election: Honor God with your vote. God cares about children, schools, parents, and righteousness, and so should we. In Proverbs 29:2 God declares, “When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked...
On Tuesday, May 2nd, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voted to pass House Bill 300 by a narrow 102-98 vote, a bill that would cause significant harm to Pennsylvanians across our Commonwealth, particularly in areas of religious freedom and privacy...
(HARRISBURG - May 2, 2023) -- Today, the PA House of Representatives voted to pass House Bill 300 by a narrow 102-98 vote, a bill that would cause significant harm to Pennsylvanians across our Commonwealth, particularly in areas of religious freedom and privacy...
House Bill 300, now being considered in the PA House of Representatives, would give a cause of action to sue religious ministries, schools & churches who hire based on church teachings and their shared mission. What’s worse, the bill makers removed nearly...
The Independence Law Center is a public-interest civil rights law firm affiliated with the Pennsylvania Family Institute. Fox News - Randall Wenger: We need to give robust protection to religious Americans Randall Wenger, chief counsel for the Independence Law...