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Hi John,

Recently, PJI filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on behalf of a Christian employee (John) who was suspended and then fired by Miami-Dade County because of his religious speech and beliefs. We filed this complaint on John’s behalf to protect his and all Americans’ constitutional rights to free speech, the free exercise of religion, and free press. We are representing and defending John at no charge; as we have all of our clients in our 25-year history.

John served as a media aide for the Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade County from 2013 to 2021 and was suspended without pay for three days and ordered to attend a punitive, extra “diversity” training program after he wrote an online opinion piece disagreeing with left-wing sexual and gender ideologies. He then refused to undergo the vindictive extra training program because it would have required him to apologize for his beliefs and to refer to people who identify as transgender by their “preferred pronouns”, which do not correspond to their biological sex – speech to which John has religious objections. For invoking his free exercise right and his right as a public employee to resist that compelled speech, he was fired.

Interestingly, after the firing, the County’s HR department admitted that it “did not find any evidence to establish that [John] was engaged in any harassing or discriminatory behavior based on any protected characteristic within the workplace” after it interviewed all of his coworkers.

Without question, Miami-Dade County violated the First Amendment. Thankfully, our Constitution protects the freedom to express even those thoughts that others do not “tolerate.”

This is a critical time for PJI. Did you know that US nonprofits on average generate 40% of their donations between Thanksgiving and the New Year?

The great news is that today your tax-deductible gift to PJI will be doubled through our matching grant challenge! Imagine the magnifying effect your gift will have by helping twice as many Americans of faith defend themselves against the powerful forces arrayed against them.


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All of us at PJI wish you a safe and joyous Christmas!

Running the Race,

Brad Dacus
President and Founder, Pacific Justice Institute

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