Liberty Counsel
Liberty Counsel is an international nonprofit, litigation, education, and policy organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family since 1989, by providing pro bono assistance and representation on these and related topics.
Most Recent Articles by Liberty Counsel:
"Public libraries are a marketplace of ideas, and governments cannot censor religion from the marketplace."
Kim Davis’s Files Final Brief Challenging the Expanded Injunction and More
September 17, 2015
It is a basic principle of federal court authority that district courts cannot expand or enlarge injunction orders that are on appeal
Kim Davis Returns to Work and Issues a Statement
September 14, 2015
Kim stated, "I spent six days in jail because I could not abandon my faith."
Kim Davis’s Fight for Justice Continues
September 11, 2015
"The injunction against Kim Davis ordering her to issue marriage licenses cannot, without proper notice and briefing, be expanded to cover the entire world
Kim Davis Speaks from Home - Plans to Return to Work on Monday
September 9, 2015
Kim Davis will rest with her family and return to work on Monday.
Judge Bunning Orders Release of Kim Davis
September 8, 2015
She is now free to return to her family, her coworkers and the office where she has faithfully served for the past 27 years
Kim Davis Files Emergency Relief on Contempt Order
September 8, 2015
"Our immediate goal is to free Kim Davis. She does not belong in jail.
Kim Davis Speaks From Prison on Day 5
September 7, 2015
"Kim Davis has never sought the spotlight. Although some people have said she is a hero and some accuse her of wanting to be a martyr, neither is true
Kim Davis Requests Relief Against Gov. Beshear Pending Appeal
September 7, 2015
"Coercing Mrs. Davis to authorize and personally approve same-sex marriage in violation of her religious convictions and conscience is wrong,"
Kim Davis Appeals Contempt Order
September 6, 2015
"We are working through the holiday to secure Kim's freedom," Staver said.
The fake Twitter account was set up after Kim Davis' name became known because of her legal case
Kim Davis, the Woman Behind Bars
September 4, 2015
We will continue to stand with Kim Davis and others who assert their conscience. Kim joins a long list of people who were imprisoned for their conscience
Kim Davis Press Conference Today at Kentucky Jail
September 4, 2015
Is this the kind of America we want, where good people are imprisoned because of their Judeo-Christian beliefs and values?
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Jailed for Her Conscience
September 3, 2015
"Everyone is stunned at this development. Kim Davis is being treated as a criminal because she cannot violate her conscience
Statement of Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis
September 1, 2015
I never imagined a day like this would come, where I would be asked to violate a central teaching of Scripture and of Jesus Himself regarding marriage
Accommodations Would End Rowan County Dispute
August 31, 2015
"The stay request offers several options such as removing Davis's name from the marriage license, thus removing the personal nature of the authorization,
Kentucky Clerk Appeals to the Supreme Court
August 28, 2015
"Kim Davis is devoted to Jesus Christ and the people of Rowan County, whom she has served faithfully as County Clerk for nearly thirty years,"
"Kim Davis did not abandon her constitutional rights of conscience and free exercise of religion when she took office
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015
"To issue a license for same-sex marriage violates the core of Kim Davis's Christian beliefs.
Kentucky Clerk Continues Fight for Religious Liberty
August 13, 2015
"To provide a license is to provide approval and places a legal authority behind what is being licensed. The First Amendment protects actions and not mere thought. Kim Davis should not be forced to violate her religious beliefs
Supreme Court Asked to Defend Rights of Minors
August 10, 2015
"The New Jersey Legislature, and now-Presidential candidate for the Republic Party, Governor Chris Christie, had no place interjecting their politically motivated assault on the fundamental rights of this minor and his parents
Kentucky Governor Sued for Discrimination
August 5, 2015
The governor is forcing clerks like Davis to choose between following the precepts of her religion and forfeiting her position, on the one hand, and abandoning one of the precepts of her religion in order to keep her position
Homosexual Rights and Religious Freedom Collide
August 3, 2015
This case is really about forcing an individual to validate same-sex 'marriages' in violation of her fundamental and unalienable religious liberty and speech rights," Staver pointed out.
"Planned Parenthood has never been about healthcare
Public libraries are a marketplace of ideas. Government cannot censor religious viewpoints from the marketplace.
Kentucky Clerk of Courts Fights for Religious Liberty
July 20, 2015
This case is about crushing dissent and removing Christian public servants from office
"To require Christians to pull out pages of their Bible in order to hold office or own a business is anti-American and it is unconstitutional, despite what any judge may say otherwise."
"The Supreme Court has historically made a number of bad rulings that time and justice have been able to realize and overcome,"
A Call to a Declaration of Dependence
July 2, 2015
"Five lawyers thinking they have the right to overrule the natural created order of marriage as the union of a man and a woman is the height of rebellion."