Prayer Alert: Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Important Case

         Attorneys for the Christian Legal Society (“CLS”) are making their final preparations for oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court.  The Court will consider Christian Legal Society v. Martinez a week from Monday now that all briefing has been completed.  Please stand in prayer with Advocates as we monitor this important case and the inevitable impact it will have upon the future of religious freedom. At issue in this case is the fundamental question:  “Can an officially recognized Christian university student organization require its members and officers to be Christians?”  

         While in a separate case the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has already upheld the clear constitutionality of a group requiring its members and leaders to agree with the group’s core religious viewpoints, the liberal Ninth Circuit, relying on its prior decision in Truth v. Kent School District, held in CLS that it was impermissible to make such a requirement.  In Truth, Advocates for Faith and Freedom fought for the legal principle that members in high school clubs have a constitutional right to associate with like-minded individuals.  This right was denied by the Ninth Circuit in a shocking opinion.  In the CLS case, the Ninth Circuit relied on Truth to deny more students basic religious liberty, and the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.  Advocates is hopeful that the outcome of this case will have a positive impact on students across the Nation and that the Supreme Court will reverse the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Truth.  Join with us in praying that the United States Supreme Court will strike down the Ninth Circuit’s logic in CLS and Truth and that the Justices will hear the value in protecting the rights of Christian students during the upcoming oral arguments.  

         This information is provided by Advocates for Faith and Freedom, a non-profit religious law firm dedicated to protecting religious liberty in the courts!  To help us in our ongoing battle for religious freedom, click here to donate to Advocates.