From Kelly Shackelford <[email protected]>
Subject Finding Hope in a Negative World
Date July 31, 2025 5:01 PM
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Our children and grandchildren are growing up in a very different
world than the one we knew.

I'm not talking about the advancements in technology, but rather
I'm referring to the diminished role religion has been relegated
to.

Many of us have watched society's relationship with religion
slowly move from positive and supportive to indifferent and uncaring
to negative and dismissive.

For the last 10 years, life has been increasingly rough for people of
faith.

There's been a concerted effort by anti-faith activists to
remove expressions of faith from all walks of life - our
workplaces, our schools and our town squares.

No one has been safe from their hostility. Students, teachers and
coaches, employees, small business owners and even pastors have been
bullied, threatened and canceled for trying to live out their faith.

But there's reason to have hope. Attitudes towards faith are
starting to shift.

Watch Aaron Renn, author of Life in a Negative World, discuss the
world we live in and how the young men of Gen Z are driving a
resurgence of faith throughout our nation.

Life in a Negative World, Aaron Renn | Watch Now >>
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While there are many reasons to have hope for a more faith-filled
tomorrow, we are still living in what Aaron calls a negative world.

And we are still fighting for everyday Americans who were canceled for
expressing their faith.

Everyday Americans like:

* Lacey Smith and Marli Brown who were fired by Alaska Airlines
for respectfully questioning the company's support for the
deceptively named Equality Act.
* Valerie Kloosterman who was fired by Michigan Health for seeking
a religious accommodation from using biology-obscuring pronouns
and referring patients for "gender reassignment"
drugs and surgeries.
* Aaron and Melissa Klein who were fined $135,000 by the Oregon
Bureau of Labor for declining to design and create a wedding
cake celebrating a same-sex wedding.

The issues Lacey, Marli, Valerie, Aaron and Melissa are facing are the
key issues of the day.

That's why it's critical we meet each of these challenges
to religious freedom head-on and stop them in their tracks.

But we can only do that with the help of generous supporters like you.

Your support provides our expert legal team with the resources needed
to fight back against religious discrimination at school, in the
workplace and in the town square.

Will you stand with us and ensure all Americans are free to live out
their faith?

Together, we can give tomorrow's hope a fighting chance.

Yes, I'll Make a Gift Today! »
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Grateful for you, 

Kelly

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



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