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Today is a critical day in the fight for religious freedom, and
I'm counting on your support to make sure we can continue to win
in the new year.
This Giving Tuesday is an essential opportunity to partner with First
Liberty and to protect your First Freedom.
We need YOUR support More Than Ever Before: Join the fight to defeat
Woke Corporate Canceling NOW
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I'm not going to sugarcoat it: This year has been hard on
everyone in our country. We've just walked through a tough
election cycle, and many are worried about the future of America.
However, we know at First Liberty that a huge advantage to our fight
is that we don't have to depend on politicians. We are winning
in court, and no politician can slow us down.
And leading the battle in the court system is the winning strategy for
our First Freedom.
That is why we are deeply grateful for your faithful support
throughout 2022, especially as we won two precedent-setting cases
at the U.S. Supreme Court.
While we celebrate these victories, there is still work ahead.
"Woke" corporations and government officials have embraced
cancel culture, a dangerous ideology that threatens to destroy the
livelihood of millions of religious Americans. Employees are being
fired simply for living out their faith in the workplace.
Radical woke ideology is taking over companies across the country.
From the boardroom to the breakroom, there's growing intolerance
and hostility toward religion. People of faith are often put in
impossible situations-forced to choose between their work and
their beliefs.
Right now, we have brave clients like Lacey Smith, Valerie Kloosterman
and Robyn Strader who are taking a stand to this woke madness-in
hopes of defeating it for good.
Lacey Smith is a flight attendant who was fired for expressing her
religious beliefs.
When Alaska Airlines declared on its company's internal message
board that as a corporation it is supporting the
"Equality" Act, it invited employees to comment.
Motivated by her religious beliefs, Lacey politely asked about the
company's support of the legislation, expressing deep concern
about the impact the bill could have on her freedoms-concerns
shared by millions of Americans. The airline disparaged her religoius
beliefs and promptly fired her for asking a question.
Our second client Valerie Kloosterman is a committed physician
assistant who has served her patients faithfully at University of
Michigan Health West for 17 years.
After Valerie was required to attend Michigan Health's
"diversity and inclusion" training, she asked for a
religious accommodation. She simply could not affirm their statements
about gender identity because they violated her deeply held Christian
beliefs.
Despite her stellar record, a Michigan Health representative with no
medical training called Valerie "evil" and a
"liar," denigrated her religious beliefs and even blamed
her for gender dysphoria-related suicides. Less than a month later,
she was fired.
Our third client, Robyn Strader, is a nurse practitioner with
multiple, advanced degrees. CVS MinuteClinic fired her after
accommodating her religious beliefs without issue for six and a half
years.
The woke corporate leaders at CVS want to force all employees to
prescribe contraception even when it violates their religious beliefs.
Stand with Lacey, Valerie and Robyn to defeat Cancel Culture TODAY
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This corporate "canceling" of Lacey, Valerie and Robyn
makes a mockery of laws that protect religious Americans from
employment discrimination.
Now, more than ever, we must stand up against corporations like Alaska
Airlines, Michigan Health and CVS that want to purge people of faith
from their ranks.
Since most of our courageous clients don't have the money to
defend themselves, First Liberty defends them in court for free. But
even the force multiplying effect of our national network of volunteer
attorneys-the best attorneys from the top law firms in the
county-is not enough.
We simply cannot match the huge war chests of these corporate enemies
of faith without your support.
Today, Giving Tuesday, is a prime opportunity for you to join First
Liberty on the frontlines. Your gift will help First Liberty's
legal team deliver a victory for these religious employees who have
taken a brave stand for our First Freedom.
Together, we can reclaim religious liberty for all Americans, so
that our children and grandchildren can enjoy these same freedoms for
generations to come.
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Gratefully,
Kelly
Kelly Shackelford, Esq.
President, CEO & Chief Counsel
First Liberty Institute
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