The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a man who was told by government officials that he couldn’t distribute gospel tracts at the Mt. Rushmore National Monument. Read the rest here.
An evangelist in Illinois is suing the city of Naperville for being ticketed while street preaching last month, allegedly because a sign he carried was a violation of an ordinance regulating street sign location. In September, Elmer Joe Christopherson of Burning Hearts Outreach Ministries says he and his colleagues had been witnessing for about three
A man who says his constitutional rights were violated when he was arrested for passing out religious literature has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Cumming, Georgia. His attorney says it’s an attempt to make sure the ordinance under which he was arrested is removed from the books. This man was arrested
Every now and then, there is some good news to report when it comes to our religious/free speech rights: Florida Judge Dismisses Charges Against Gideons Charges have been dropped against two individuals after they were accused of trespassing on a sidewalk outside of a Florida public school. The two men had been handing out Bibles.
Lost Liberties Regained: Woman Wins Free Speech Rights
Orange County, Florida, has settled a lawsuit with a woman who claimed her First Amendment rights were violated when county employees prohibited her from distributing religious literature in a local public park. Read the rest here.