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… No-stop shopping center for Fla. church ADF files suit against city of Port St. Lucie … property in a shopping center to hold worship services.  “Churches shouldn’t be singled out for discrimination by a … officials from prohibiting religious uses of property when it allows similar non-religious uses of that same property,” …

… full meaning of Wisconsin’s marriage amendment and whether it authorizes the creation of other marriage-like unions. … identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals.” “The lifelong, faithful union of … law after passage by the Legislature as part of the 2010-11 state budget, is only available to same-sex couples. …

… ADF asks 9th Circuit to rehear ‘Ask God what your grade is’ ruling Full court asked to reinstate … Fund are asking a full panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to rehear a ruling issued last month by a … legal standing to challenge the speech code even though it allows for the punishment of “offensive” speech. Although …

… groups to court: We shouldn’t face financial ruin for operating by our beliefs ADF attorneys available to media … v. Miyares WHO:  Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys WHAT:  Available for media interviews following hearing at … affirming” surgeries that run contrary to their beliefs. It also prohibits the ministries from offering sex-specific …

… Total victory against Md. county’s ‘forced speech’ law for … order against the law stand without further challenge means the lawsuit is the first among many similar cases … Columbus School of Law. “Four years of litigation made it clear that the government had no basis for interfering …

… church to 9th Circuit: Don't let WA force us to pay for abortions ADF attorneys representing Cedar Park Church … and protects life from conception to natural death; it’s unconscionable for the state to force any church to pay … were to hold the law cannot constitutionally be applied to churches. ADF attorneys have maintained in  Cedar Park …

… at the service and issued tickets of $500 per person for violating the mayor’s ban, which does not apply to … “Government is clearly overstepping its authority when it singles out churches for punishment, especially in a … long as it “does not directly conflict with allowing for what the state order says.” The complaint filed in  Temple …

… 9th Circuit rules in favor of church forced to pay for abortion, returns case to district court ADF attorneys … to back down from its novel application of the law. “Churches should be free to follow their beliefs without … the state has inflicted on Skyline Church in subjecting it to this unprecedented mandate.” “We hold that Skyline has …

… files suit over discriminatory fee schedule that charges churches but allows non-religious community groups to meet … “Christian groups should not be discriminated against for their beliefs,” said ADF Legal Counsel Tim Chandler.  … allowing other community groups to meet free of charge.  It’s obviously unfair, and the courts have repeatedly held …

… hear the case  in the wake of a 2-1 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit decision that allows local governments to … how the town applies stricter rules to church signs than it does to political signs, let alone other noncommercial … used by some courts that allows the government to decide what speech is more valuable and thus entitled to greater …