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The Liberty CounselThe Liberty CounselMathew Staver - Founder and Chairman - Liberty Counsel http://www.lc.org/aboutus.html With all the noise the ACLU is making, this fact may surprise you: In order to receive federal funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, every local school district must certify that it is not engaging in any policy or practice which interferes with constitutionally protected prayer. Schools may lose federal funds if they fail to comply with the guidelines. You read that correctly -- schools can lose their federal funding if they interfere with voluntary student-led prayer! This news is a shock to even the most ardent supporters of school prayer. I can guarantee you that most school administrators don't know this either! That's because the ACLU's massive disinformation campaign has caused many schools to fear even allowing voluntary prayer. Liberty Counsel is working to change this. This school year, we have reached out to thousands of schools with the truth. But the ACLU continues to threaten schools. P.S. Schools cannot discriminate or they will lose federal funding! That's a message the ACLU will never tell. But with your help, we can get the word out and protect the rights of students to pray and honor God this graduation season. Liberty Counsel, with offices in Florida, Virginia and Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family. Liberty Counsel . PO Box 540774 . Orlando, FL 32854 . 800-671-1776 |
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The Liberty Counsel - Restoring the Culture One Case at a Time by Advancing Religious Freedom, the Sanctity of Human Life and the Traditional Family
http://www.lc.org/aboutus.html Liberty Counsel is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family. Established in 1989, Liberty Counsel is a nationwide organization with offices in Florida, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., and hundreds of affiliate attorneys across the Nation. Recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization, Liberty Counsel is funded by donations from concerned individuals, churches and organizations across the country. Donations to this ministry are tax-deductible. Liberty Counsel provides pro bono legal assistance in the areas of religious liberty, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family. Educational material available through Liberty Counsel includes informational brochures addressing students' and teachers' rights on public school campuses, political activity of nonprofit organizations, and many more. Liberty Counsel sends a "Liberty Alert" email to inform subscribers about breaking news, and publishes a newsletter to overview current cases impacting religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family. Liberty Counsel produces a daily radio program, Freedom's Call, a weekly radio program, Faith & Freedom, and a thirty-minute weekly television program, Law & Justice, all of which deal with various legal and policy issues. The Center for Constitutional Litigation and Policy operates as one component of Liberty Counsel’s training, education and public policy program. The Center is headquartered on the campus of Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Center trains attorneys, law students, policy-makers, legislators, clergy and world leaders in constitutional principles and government policies. From the inception of our litigation until 2004, Liberty Counsel has been blessed with an 86% win ratio. Since 2004, we have won 92% of cases. Nearly every case is unique, precedential, and many contain issues that have never been tried in the history of our country. These are not routine cases, and many times our victories have a direct impact on the culture and the future of America. A very small sample of legal victories include: Religious Freedom * California: a school district must allow a Christian group to meet in public schools at no charge, so that the first after-school Good News Club can share the gospel and teach character and morals to elementary students in the nation’s second largest school district * Florida: court ruled that Christian church could locate in the heart of Cassadaga, Florida, thus becoming the first Christian church to operate in the all-spiritualist community since 1894 * Florida: settled prior to trial, requiring that a community college revise its literature distribution policy, after students were threatened with arrest for distributing religious literature on campus * Iowa: settled prior to trial, requiring school to repeal policy and adopt a new one which allows students to pass out religious literature * Kentucky: Ten Commandments set among historical documents regarding the development of American law and government is constitutional * Massachusetts: students must be allowed to pass out scripture verses; case resulted in best published legal opinion on the rights of students to distribute religious literature in public school * Michigan: settled before trial, requiring government housing authority to pay damages for attempting to evict woman for placing a religious sign in her window * Michigan: settled before trial, requiring school to adopt a new policy allowing students to distribute religious literature, including Campus Crusade For Christ “Survival Kits” * Ohio: settled prior to trial, causing city to drop criminal charge against owner of facility for allowing church to meet there, and causing city to adopt ordinance favorable to churches * Pennsylvania: court ruled that banning religious meeting in community center is unconstitutional * Texas: required county to repeal policy banning use of community room for religious meetings * Virginia: part of the state constitution found unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution, so that churches can incorporate and own unlimited amount of property for first time since 1777 * Wisconsin: ruled that a city and state law banning literature distribution to occupants of vehicles or placing literature on cars are unconstitutional Sanctity of Human Life * Florida: court ruled against pro-abortion groups seeking to block “Choose Life” license plates * Florida: argued in favor of state law requiring informed consent for women considering abortion * Florida: successfully argued before U.S. Supreme Court, regarding rights of sidewalk counselors * Tennessee: settled before trial, requiring city to repeal law used to stop pro-life picketers Traditional Family Values * Florida: Took over and won a case on appeal where judge ruled that sex and gender are in the mind, granting child custody to a transsexual * Georgia: first case ever to declare a Vermont civil union is not equivalent to marriage, and a state and federal Defense of Marriage Act permits a state to ban same sex unions |