Rutherford Institute Issues Rebuke to President Trump for St. John’s Episcopal Visit
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WordNews.org) June 12, 2020 — The Christian legal team at The Rutherford Institute delivered a rebuke to President Trump and members of his administration for what they described as “invading, seizing and occupying church property” in violation of longstanding prohibitions against government encroachments on the free exercise of religion. In the letter to […]
Read More →Street Preachers First Amendment Rights Defended in Court
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WordNews.org) Jan. 28, 2017 – Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute appeared in U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to defend to street preachers who had been charged with refusing police orders to cease and desist from preaching without a permit. According to the institute, on June 26, 2012, Don Karns […]
Read More →New legal ministry, National Center for Life and Liberty, launched
ST PETERSBURG, Fla. (WordNews.org) Jan. 12, 2013 – A new ministry called the National Center for Life and Liberty has opened with five centers focusing on issues such as life, church liberty and education. The center, started by attorney David Gibbs III, also focuses attention on advancing the United States and home school issues. It […]
Read More →Court grants request to stop Texas school from expelling student for refusing to wear “smart ID” tracking badge
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WordNews.org) Nov. 23, 2012 – A judge has granted The Rutherford Institute’s request for a temporary restraining order that stops a Texas school district from kickingout a student who objected to wearing a “smart” badge that tracks her whereabouts. The institute filed the petition against Northside independent School District in San Antonio.A […]
Read More →Texas school wants students to wear RFID tracking devices
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WordNews.org) Nov. 15 2012 — A Texas high school student is challenging the school’s requirement that she wear a name bad containing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip. Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at Jay High School in San Antonio says she has concerns about her religious freedom being violated by the Student […]
Read More →Phoenix City Council throws cold water on ordinance
PHOENIX, Ariz. (WordNews.org) Oct. 13, 2012 — Phoenix City Council members struck down an ordinance that prohibited people from handing out free drinking water in public, which was viewed by some as a direct attack on a Christian who was handing out bottle water and sharing her faith. Dana Crow-Smith, a Christian, was assembled with […]
Read More →Charges against street preacher dismissed
HOLLY RIDGE, N.C. (WordNews.org) July 31, 2012 — Charges against a street preacher who called on police to repent were dismissed by the District Attorney, according to the Rutherford Institute, a Christian law firm. Preachers Jesse Boyd and Ricky Springer had been preaching in a public park when police told the two to that their […]
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