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Religious Freedom

Pax­ton Stands Up for the Auton­o­my of Reli­gious Institutions

Attorney General Paxton filed a cert-stage amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the freedom of religious organizations and their ability to choose their own leadership.  

May 11, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Fights to Uphold Con­sti­tu­tion­al Rights of Reli­gious Institutions

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief on behalf of College of the Ozarks, a religious institution under pressure from the Biden Administration to abandon its deeply-held religious beliefs to comply with the Administration’s radical definition of sex discrimination or face significant penalties.  

April 24, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Chal­lenges Biden Administration’s Efforts to Remove First Amend­ment Pro­tec­tions for Reli­gious Stu­dent Orga­ni­za­tions in High­er Education

Attorney General Paxton has sent a multistate letter to the U.S. Department of Education condemning the Biden Administration’s move to rescind an existing regulation that protects the religious freedom of college students.  

April 19, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Brief With the U.S. Supreme Court to Pro­tect Reli­gious Orga­ni­za­tions from Inva­sive Gov­ern­ment Interference

Attorney General Paxton filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent the government from involving itself in the leadership decisions of religious institutions.  

April 14, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Steps Up to Defend the Fel­low­ship of Chris­t­ian Ath­letes and Stu­dents’ Reli­gious Freedom

Attorney General Paxton joined a Montana-led amicus brief in support of students’ religious liberties after the San Jose Unified School District (“SJUSD”) discriminated against students wishing to participate in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (“FCA”).  

March 16, 2023 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Biden to Defend Reli­gious­ly-Affil­i­at­ed Adop­tion Agen­cies from Fed­er­al Government’s Sex­u­al Ori­en­ta­tion” and Gen­der Iden­ti­ty” Rules

Attorney General Paxton filed a lawsuit today defending faith-based groups and the State of Texas from being forced to adopt woke political views that violate the religious liberty and moral conscience of faith-based organizations and limit Texas’s ability to help at-risk children. 

December 12, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Fights to Pro­tect Reli­gious Free­dom of Cou­ple Being Forced to Par­tic­i­pate in Wed­ding That Vio­lates Faith

Attorney General Paxton has joined an Oklahoma-led cert-stage amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and protect the religious liberty of a couple being targeted for their faith.   

October 19, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Joins Brief on Behalf of Air­men Seek­ing a Reli­gious Exemp­tion from Forced Covid-19 Vaccinations

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Kentucky-led amicus brief filed in the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, seeking judicial protection for members of the Air Force who are being coerced to take the Covid-19 vaccine against their will and in violation of their religious beliefs.

October 11, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Files Brief in U.S. Supreme Court to Ensure Employ­ees’ Reli­gious Free­doms Are Protected

Attorney General Paxton has joined a cert-stage amicus brief led by West Virginia and Louisiana that argues the U.S. Supreme Court should take up Groff v. DeJoy, to strengthen religious liberty protections.  

October 07, 2022 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Files Pro-Reli­gious Lib­er­ty Ami­cus Brief with SCOTUS

Attorney General Paxton has joined a multistate amicus brief in the U. S. Supreme Court in support of petitioners in Zhang Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World Alliance

June 22, 2022 | Press Release