Tennessee’s attorney general is jumping into the First Amendment debate over religious liberty in the U.S., joining other states in issuing support for a number of high-profile issues. Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a collation of 19 state attorneys general on Tuesday in filing an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Gregory Tucker v. Faith Bible Chapel, a case regarding the firing of a Colorado chaplain following a 2018 sermon. The brief marks the third religion-focused case in recent months from Skrmetti, who was appointed in September 2022 after serving as chief counsel to Gov. Bill Lee. Jonathan Skrmetti Skrmetti also joined 19 other attorneys general in February in condemning a leaked memo from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that assesses the threat of radical Catholics, and 20 other attorneys general on March 1 in support of a Kentucky-based wedding photographer’s “religious liberty and free speech rights” to deny services to a same-sex couple. The briefs mark three of seven joined by Skrmetti this year. Skrmetti expresses support for ‘ministerial exception’ in case of chaplain fired after preaching sermon Tuesday’s amicus brief supports a faith-based Colorado school in arguing that the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
