First Amendment rights

Local Churches and First Amendment Rights

Local Churches and First Amendment Rights

On September 25, 2025, the President of the United States released a Presidential Memorandum titled Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence. The memorandum asserts that political violence is being organized by anti-fascists, which the memo defines as those who support “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality.”

Click here to read the full article by Heather Kimmel, General Counsel for the UCC.

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