Dear John,

Giving Tuesday is well underway.

People of faith like you are taking a stand for religious freedom all over the country. They are using our $50,000 Challenge Grant to multiply the impact of their gifts.

If you’ve already donated to First Liberty today, THANK YOU. Your gift could not come at a more important time in the fight for faith.

On This Giving Tuesday Will You Stand for Faith, Family and Freedom?
Our $50,000 Challenge Grant Multiplies Your Impact Today!

You and I are living through a unique moment in time.

Over the past 2 years, the Supreme Court has delivered for faith in a big way.

It’s all thanks to your faithful support.

Together, we won for Coach Joe Kennedy, Gerald Groff and families in Maine.

Because people of faith like you joined us on the frontlines...

• All Americans—including government employees—have a right to engage in private religious expression.

• Employers must grant religious accommodations unless doing so would cause substantial increased costs to the day-to-day operations of the business.

• When the government offers a benefit like parent-directed educational funding, it can’t exclude families just because the parents choose to use that benefit from a religious perspective.

While the Supreme Court has spoken, the enemies of faith aren’t listening.

In California, anti-faith activists in the school system are making their presence felt.

Let me explain.

To assist private school families, including homeschooling families, California offers a tuition-free charter school program that provides state funds to purchase curriculum, materials and even individual classes at private schools.

But participating in this program comes with catch.

To take part in the program, you can’t use any of the resources to purchase coursework that originates from a religious curriculum or reflects a religious perspective.

Right now, First Liberty is representing three families that enrolled in the program and are now facing religious discrimination by being denied the right to choose a curriculum that reflects their faith-based worldview.

That’s wrong and illegal.

The State of California incorrectly believes that their state laws overrule the Supreme Court’s opinion in our Carson v. Makin case victory.

But when you fought with us for families in Maine to be able to direct state funding to religious schools, you won this right for families in all 50 states.

That means we can now tell California that it’s time to put a stop to this discrimination.

Stand for Equal Treatment in California.
Be a Force Multiplier for Faith by Midnight Tonight!

When you give today, your gift’s impact will be multiplied many times over with our $50,000 Challenge Grant. But you only have until midnight tonight.

Faith-based families deserve the opportunity to teach their children according to their sincerely held religious beliefs.

Will you fight against this religious discrimination?

Yes, I will make a gift today!

Grateful for you, 

Kelly

Kelly Shackelford, Esq.
President, CEO & Chief Counsel
First Liberty Institute