On a cold and wet morning this past Saturday, hundreds of Texans packed the Lakewood Church of the Nazarene in Tyler, TX to take a stand for religious freedom and to educate and encourage pastors and their congregations to stay informed about important issue of faith. Local pastors and state and national leaders, including Liberty Institute’s President [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
In case you haven’t noticed, your religious freedoms are under attack. From the Obama administration’s HHS mandating that Catholic institutions and other religious organizations must provide abortifacents and birth control in violation of their own teachings and consciences to liberal groups like the ACLU trying to tear down crosses at our veteran’s memorials around the country, the very foundations of our [...]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Texans from all across the state will be convening in Austin, TX February 3-4, 2012 for the premier conservative grassroots event in the state, CTxPAC. Liberty Institute is a founding sponsor of CTxPAC and our President and CEO Kelly Shackelford will be addressing the conference on Saturday, February 4th as well as leading a workshop. [...]
Thursday, January 12, 2012
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/January/Texas-Can-Enforce-Sonogram-Viewing-Law-for-Now/ By the way, big thanks goes to Attorney General Greg Abbott and Texas Solicitor General Jonathan Mitchell for doing an excellent job defending the Texas Sonogram law!!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Breaking News — Texas Sonogram law ruled constitutional! The Fifth Circuit Court (Edith Jones opinion) holds recently enacted Texas Sonogram law constitutional. The Fifth Circuit reversed Judge Sparks, vacating his granting of preliminary injunction, which had stopped enforcement of the Texas Sonogram law. Check back to the blog today for a full press release with quotes [...]
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Liberty Institute released the following press release today: Plano, Texas, December 22, 2011—Today, days before Christmas, Liberty Institute filed a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Morgan v. Swanson, (known nationwide as the “candy cane” case), asking the Court to hold government officials accountable for violating students’ First Amendment rights. Liberty Institute [...]
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Texans from all across the state will be convening in Austin this coming February 3-4, 2012 for the premier conservative grassroots event in the state, CTxPAC. Just a few highlights of the event include: Texas Conservative Caucus: The conservative grassroots will make a historic pre-primary statement by conducting a caucus to choose a nominee for [...]
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
In response to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the Morgan V. Plano Independent School District, known nationwide as the “candy cane” case, Kelly Shackelford, president of Liberty Institute released the following statement: “We are encouraged that the Court rejected the principals’ argument that elementary students have no First Amendment protection and ruled [...]
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
This afternoon, from 4 to 6 pm, I will be guest hosting the Ryan Rush Show on The Word (KLGO 98.5/99.3 FM). Be sure to tune if you are able, and you can call in at (512) 637-WORD (9673). If you are not in the Austin area, you can listen online at http://klgo.net/. Liberty Institute President and [...]
Monday, August 8, 2011
This weekend, tens of thousands of people participated in the Response prayer event at Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX. With millions Americans struggling with unemployment, broken families and just wondering how they will make ends meet each month, it is a vital time for our country to repent and call out to God – just as the thousands did in Houston [...]
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