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Former Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran knows what it means to face the fire—both literal flames and the rising tide of threats to freedom of speech and religious liberty. Despite his sterling credentials—Cochran once held the nation’s highest firefighting role as U.S. Fire Administrator for the United States Fire Administration—he was fired from his position as Atlanta’s fire chief. Why? Because the government didn’t approve of his message about biblical marriage and sexuality that he included in a brief passage in a self-published book he wrote. We stood with Chief Cochran, and after years ...

Counselors are increasingly coming under threat from local, state, and federal laws and policies that seek to insert the government’s preferred views on gender into private conversations between a counselor and clients who are minors. Counselors are facing the prospect of making a choice no American should ever have to make: speak the truth to clients knowing they might face devastating consequences, or abandon their faith in order to speak only government-approved values and perspectives. The government has no business censoring conversations between clients and counselors, and Alliance ...

Sign up and download your copy The freedoms of educators and students are increasingly threatened. Why? Because government officials are silencing speech that the government disagrees with and punishing Americans for engaging in honest discussion and debate. Some policies seek to compel educators or students to express messages that aren’t true. These unlawful directives force educators to deceive and mislead parents and students to avoid plain truths when talking with each other. But don’t educators and students have the right to live and speak the truth—without fear of punishment? Or do ...

… faced several times during my career when I've had to turn down opportunities for the good of my family. Some … and rigidity of some on the far left, who seem bent on eliminating diversity of thought among women. Justice … she already has sided with religious freedom in striking down New York state's discriminatory COVID restrictions that …

… years and involving a vast amount of information—in simple language to courts and legislatures. Today, we celebrate the …

… agreed to seek prior approval before using “derogatory” language in class. After Becker sent a letter threatening to … First Amendment speech rights, the university backed down from its unconstitutional actions. Dayton Valley, Nevada …

… private conversations and attempting to dictate their language. Not only is the government violating free speech, …

… years and involving a vast amount of information—in simple language to courts and legislatures. Today, we celebrate the …

When Deb Figliola, a teacher in Harrisonburg, Virginia, was asked to lie to parents about their own children, she knew she had to stand for what’s right. She just could not deceive parents about her students. Deb teaches special education and English to middle schoolers who are reading and writing significantly below their level. And she absolutely loves what she does. But after the Harrisonburg City Public School Board instituted a new policy that upended parents’ right to direct the upbringing of their children, she knew she had to challenge the board’s violations of parents’ rights ...

… in America’s schools. When the government shuts down speech , it teaches the next generation what is and …