Big Challenges and Opportunities 

for Religious Freedom in 2026

With a successful 2025 now in the books, we are looking ahead to the New Year. The challenges that lay ahead are daunting, and the stakes have never been higher. Still, we have huge, unprecedented opportunities to advance freedom.

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First Liberty Sues Washington School District After Board Member Admits “Animus” Toward Release Time Bible Program

The Everett Public School District is targeting LifeWise Academy, a nonprofit that brings Bible teaching to public school students. A School Board member baselessly accused LifeWise of being “homophobic bullies” trying “to bring white supremacy and Christian nationalism to our schools.”

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New Year Begins with Two Major Victories 

for Religious Liberty in the Military

The U.S. Department of War and the Department of Justice recently implemented important policy reforms that will protect religious liberty for America’s service members and medical providers at VA facilities.

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Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy Kicks Off 

9th Annual D.C. Fellowship

Every year, we select a group of young, bright leaders for an immersive trip to our nation’s capital. Over the course of the next five days, they’ll hear from and get to interact one-on-one with some of the country’s top scholars and legal minds.

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Is the Supreme Court Legitimate? 

A Conversation with America’s Top Constitutional Scholars

Our Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy partnered with the James Wilson Institute and the University of Chicago Federalist Society to host a symposium on how we can respond to critics who continue to undermine the Court’s legitimacy.

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