Calif. Appeals Court Decision: Important Victory in Battle to Protect San Diego’s Mt. Soledad

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2006—"This decision represents another important legal victory in the ongoing battle to keep the Mt. Soledad Memorial in place," said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel, ACLJ (more)

Chicago Tell the Cristmas Story

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2006—City of Chicago Guilty of Religious Discrimination for Shunning "The Nativity Story" at Christmas Festival (more)

ACLJ Asks Federal Appeals Court: Uphold Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging “In God We Trust”

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2006—"Every court that has considered this issue has reached the same conclusion: the national motto has nothing to do with the establishment of religion, " said Jay Sekulow, ACLJ chief counsel (more)

New Development in Mt. Soledad Case Should Be Cause for Dismissal

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2006—ACLJ Asks Appeals Court to Dismiss Case as Federal Government Now Owns Land Where War Memorial is Displayed (more)

Tennessee School District Under Attack for Permitting Religious Activity

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2006—ACLU Backing Effort to Ban Religious Expression from School (more)

ACLJ to Federal Appeals Court: Overturn $1.5 Million Judgment Against Faith-Based Prison Program

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2006—"Without IFI, I would never have been able to change; I would still be doing time. I am living proof that the IFI program helped me to become a different man," said former inmate and InnerChange Freedom Initiative grad Rick Theeler. (more)

ACLJ Hails Victory for Conscience in Illinois

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2006—Federal Court Rejects Governor's Bid to Dismiss Pharmacists' Case Over Morning-After Pill Mandate (more)

La. Parish Stands Up Against ACLU Criticism of Memorial Cross to Honor Hurricane Katrina Victims

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2006—"Once again, the ACLU is trying to sanitize America by embracing a legally flawed perspective designed to intimidate local government officials to remove all religious symbols." - Jay Sekulow, ACLJ chief counsel (more)

ACLJ Urges the Supreme Court to Reject False Assertion that Abortion is Safer than Childbirth

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2006—"This court should take with a very large grain of salt any assertion that abortion is healthy for women, much less some sort of panacea. There is good reason to believe precisely the contrary." -Jay Sekulow, ACLJ chief counsel (more)

Church in D.C. Suburb Told:  No Bible Study Allowed

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va., July 6, 2006—ACLJ Files Federal Lawsuit in Fairfax County, Va., to Defend Church's Right to Conduct Bible Study and Religious Ministry Classes (more)

Federal Court Rejects Lawsuit Challenging National Motto

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2006—"From the beginning this suit was nothing more than an attempt to alter history by removing a legitimate expression of our religious history." - Jay Sekulow, ACLJ Chief Counsel (more)

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Constitutionality of Ten Commandments Display

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006—ACLJ Wins Second Victory in Kentucky Case (more)

ACLJ Calls on Full Senate to Give Nominee Up-or-Down Vote by End of Week

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2006— (more)

More Than 200,000 Join ACLJ in Urging President to Protect Military Chaplains’ Right to Pray

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2006— (more)

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