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Liberty Counsel is a nonprofit organization that proclaims and defends the gospel of Jesus Christ and advocates for religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the family. It offers legal, educational and policy services, as well as prayer and humanitarian support.
Liberty Counsel is a nonprofit organization that advocates for religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and the family. It provides legal representation, counsel, and education on these issues, and works with churches and other groups that share its values.
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United States Supreme Court Cases
Shurtleff v. City of Boston (2022) – Liberty Counsel represented Boston resident Hal Shurtleff and his Christian civic organization, Camp Constitution. Shurtleff and Camp Constitution first asked the city in 2017 for a permit to raise the Christian flag on the “public forum” Boston City Hall flagpole to commemorate Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (September 17) and the civic and cultural contributions of the Christian community to the city of Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, re...
Other Courts
Vazzo v. City of Tampa, 415 F.Supp.3d 1087 (M.D. Fla. 2019) – A federal court struck down a city ordinance that prohibited licensed counselors from providing voluntary talk therapy to minors seeking help to reduce or eliminate their unwanted same-sex attractions, behaviors, or identity. The court ruled that local governments do not have authority to regulate counseling because it is the prerogative of the state. American Atheists v Levy County 2018 WL 3203149 (N.D. Fla. 2018) – A donated Ten...
Amicus Briefs
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comey, 137 S.Ct. 2012 (2017) – Children using the community playground at Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbia, Missouri will no longer be deprived of a save playground surface just because the playground is owned by a church. The U.S. Supreme Court determined that the State of Missouri violated the Free Exercise clause of the First Amendment when it denied Trinity Lutheran Church a state grant for its community playground based solely on the fact that Tr...
United States Supreme Court
Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.,512 U.S. 753 (1994) – Liberty Counsel successfully challenged portions of a City of Melbourne ordinance that imposed 300-foot buffer zones around abortion clinics and private residences of clinic workers and require that pro-life demonstrators obtain permission to speak to those associated with the clinic. The United States Supreme Court (6-3) struck down the 300-foot zone around people going in and out of the clinic and struck down the ban against images...
Amicus Briefs
McCullen v. Coakley, 135 S.Ct. 2518 (2014) – The Supreme Court invalidated portions of a Massachusetts law establishing "buffer zones" around abortion clinics that were designed to limit the free speech activities of pro-life advocates. Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief urging the Court to not grant abortion clinics special exemptions from free speech guarantees. Ex Parte Ankrom, 152 So.3d 397 (Ala. 2013) – In an 8-1 decision, the Alabama Supreme Court held that the word "child" in a cert...
Miller v. Davis, 667 Fed.Appx. 537(6th Cir. 2016) – Successfully defended Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis against lawsuits filed to force her to violate her sincerely-held religious beliefs by signing her name to the marriage certificates. Ms. Davis was jailed for several days by a federal judge for her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same or opposi...
Liberty Counsel is a nonprofit legal organization that defends religious liberty, life, and family in the U.S. and abroad. See some of the cases it has litigated in federal and state courts, including challenges to abortion, LGBT, and Ten Commandments issues.
Website. lc .org. Liberty Counsel is a 501 (c) (3) [2] tax-exempt religious liberty organization that engages in litigation related to evangelical Christian values. [5] Liberty Counsel was founded in 1989 [1] by its chairman Mathew Staver and its president Anita L. Staver, who are attorneys and married to each other.
Liberty Counsel is a legal organization that advocates for anti-LGBT discrimination under the guise of religious liberty. The SPLC designates it as a hate group and exposes its hateful rhetoric and actions against LGBT people and their allies.
Sep 8, 2020 · Liberty Counsel Assistant Vice President of Legal Affairs Roger Gannam will present the oral arguments today beginning at 9:30 a.m. EDT before a three-judge panel. Under the challenged orders, the church can hold secular but not religious meetings.
