# Alliance Defending Freedom
# Last updated: 2026-07-15 15:37:07 GMT

> **Alliance Defending Freedom** is the world's largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights.

## About
- [About ADF](https://adflegal.org/about/)

## Core Site Sections

- [Religious Freedom](https://adflegal.org/issues/religious-freedom/)
- [Free Speech](https://adflegal.org/issues/free-speech/)
- [Parental Rights](https://adflegal.org/issues/parental-rights/)
- [Sanctity of Life](https://adflegal.org/issues/sanctity-of-life/)
- [Marriage and Family](https://adflegal.org/issues/marriage-and-family/)

## News and Commentary

- [Articles](https://adflegal.org/articles/)
- [Cases](https://adflegal.org/cases/)
- [Supreme Court](https://adflegal.org/us-supreme-court/)
- [Media](https://adflegal.org/media/)

## Legal Help and Support

- [Request Legal Help](https://adflegal.org/request-legal-help/)
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## Calls for Donation

- [Donate Now](https://adflegal.org/donate-now/)
- [Recurring Donation](https://adflegal.org/support/recurring-donate/)

## Recent Articles (Past 12 Months)

- [10 Years, Zero Complaints: Michigan Cut Catholic Ministry's Funding Anyway](https://adflegal.org/article/catholic-charities-v-hertel-explainer/)
- [ADF Defends Pro-Life Nurse After Colorado Tries to Ban Abortion Pill Reversal](https://adflegal.org/article/adf-defends-pro-life-nurse-after-colorado-tries-to-ban-abortion-pill-reversal/)
- [How the First Amendment Protects Pro-Life Speech](https://adflegal.org/article/how-the-first-amendment-protects-pro-life-speech/)
- [Universities Have Censored Students Through No-Contact Orders](https://adflegal.org/article/universities-have-censored-students-through-no-contact-orders/)
- [Fostering Expectations](https://adflegal.org/article/fostering-expectations/)
- [Dr. Dovid Schwartz’s Story](https://adflegal.org/article/dr-dovid-schwartz-story/)
- [Kallie Keeler's Story](https://adflegal.org/article/kallie-keeler-story/)
- [The State of Washington Let Males Wrestle Girls. She Paid the Price.](https://adflegal.org/article/kallie-keeler-explainer/)
- [Chloe Cole: Corporate Healthcare Plans Shouldn't Subsidize Harming Kids](https://adflegal.org/article/chloe-cole-corporate-healthcare-plans-shouldnt-subsidize-harming-kids/)
- [ADF Testifies on SPLC, Censorship Before Congress](https://adflegal.org/article/adf-testifies-on-splc-censorship-before-congress/)
- [California's Confusion Continues: Why are Male and Female Athletes Sharing a Podium?](https://adflegal.org/article/californias-confusion-continues-why-are-male-and-female-athletes-sharing-a-podium/)
- [Abortion Drugs and the FDA: What Every American Should Know](https://adflegal.org/article/abortion-drugs-and-the-fda-what-every-american-should-know/)
- [Daniel Grand’s Story](https://adflegal.org/article/daniel-grand-story/)
- [He Invited Friends to Pray at Home. An Ohio City Called It an Illegal Synagogue.](https://adflegal.org/article/daniel-grand-explainer/)
- [Shane and Jennifer DeGross’s Story](https://adflegal.org/article/shane-and-jennifer-degross-story/)
- [Oregon Tried to Punish Catholic Counselor for Not Affirming Same-Sex Relationships](https://adflegal.org/article/frank-canepa-explainer/)
- [The Stories of Monica Gill, Tanner Cross, and Kim Wright](https://adflegal.org/article/loudoun-county-teachers-story/)
- [Georgia School Cancels Ministry Over Pastor's Facebook Posts](https://adflegal.org/article/sweet-onion-christian-learning-center-explainer/)
- [A Parents' Guide to Protecting Your Child at School](https://adflegal.org/article/a-parents-guide-to-protecting-your-child-at-school/)
- [Colorado School District Kept Parents in the Dark Over Gender Identity Rooming Policy](https://adflegal.org/article/wailes-explainer/)
- [ADF Testifies Before Congress on Free Speech in Higher Education](https://adflegal.org/article/adf-testifies-before-congress-on-free-speech-in-higher-education/)
- [Federal Grand Jury Indicts SPLC For Funding KKK, Other Hate Groups](https://adflegal.org/article/federal-grand-jury-indicts-splc-for-funding-kkk-other-hate-groups/)
- [America Turns 250: Why Freedom Must Be Protected in Every Generation](https://adflegal.org/article/america-turns-250-why-freedom-must-be-protected-in-every-generation/)
- [Common Sense Takes Gold at the International Olympic Committee](https://adflegal.org/article/common-sense-takes-gold-at-the-international-olympic-committee/)
- [Dispelling the Myths of ‘Conversion Therapy’ and Kaley Chiles’s Counseling](https://adflegal.org/article/dispelling-the-myths-of-conversion-therapy-and-kaley-chiless-counseling/)
- [We Must Protect Our Children from Social Media Addiction](https://adflegal.org/article/we-must-protect-our-children-from-social-media-addiction/)
- [Colorado vs. the First Amendment: 0–3 and Counting](https://adflegal.org/article/colorado-vs-the-first-amendment-0-3-and-counting/)
- [A Change of Plans: Christopher Yuan's Story](https://adflegal.org/article/a-change-of-plans/)
- [Why “Hate Speech” Laws Backfire](https://adflegal.org/article/why-hate-speech-laws-backfire/)
- [Alabama Library Exiles Christian Organization from Public Meeting Space](https://adflegal.org/article/alabama-library-exiles-christian-organization-from-public-meeting-space/)
- [How Does a Case Reach the Supreme Court?](https://adflegal.org/article/how-does-a-case-reach-the-supreme-court/)
- [We Used to Know What a Woman Was. Why Don’t We Now?](https://adflegal.org/article/we-used-to-know-what-a-woman-was-why-dont-we-now/)
- [Let’s Celebrate Women on International Women’s Day](https://adflegal.org/article/lets-celebrate-women-on-international-womens-day/)
- [Brazilian Veterinary Student Cleared of Criminal Charges for Saying Men Aren’t Women](https://adflegal.org/article/veterinary-student-isadora-borges-faces-decade-in-prison-for-saying-men-arent-women/)
- [Nicki Gaylard Seeks Justice After Daughter Exposed to Disturbing Content in School](https://adflegal.org/article/nicki-gaylard-seeks-justice-after-daughter-exposed-to-disturbing-content-in-school/)
- [ADF Supporting Elon Musk’s X in Fight Against Global Censorship](https://adflegal.org/article/adf-supporting-elon-musks-x-in-fight-against-global-censorship/)
- [Should MI Pro-Life Organizations Be Forced to Hire Pro-Abortion Employees?](https://adflegal.org/article/should-mi-pro-life-organizations-be-forced-to-hire-pro-abortion-employees/)
- [Detransitioner Fox Varian Awarded $2 Million in Historic Lawsuit](https://adflegal.org/article/detransitioner-fox-varian-awarded-2-million-in-historic-lawsuit/)
- [Supreme Court Declines to Hear Florida Parental Rights Case](https://adflegal.org/article/florida-parents-ask-supreme-court-to-affirm-parental-rights/)
- [Christian Discrimination Cases in Turkey to Be Presented to Top European Court](https://adflegal.org/article/christian-discrimination-cases-in-turkey-to-be-presented-to-top-european-court/)
- [ADF Testifies on European Threats to Americans’ Free Speech](https://adflegal.org/article/adf-testifies-on-european-threats-to-americans-free-speech/)
- [Canada Is Trying to Combat “Hate Speech” by Stripping Religious Protections](https://adflegal.org/article/canada-is-trying-to-combat-hate-speech-by-stripping-religious-protections/)
- [How Blasphemy Laws are Fueling Persecution in Nigeria—And Across the Globe](https://adflegal.org/article/how-blasphemy-laws-are-fueling-persecution-in-nigeria-and-across-the-globe/)
- [School District Coughs Up $95K After Censoring Student’s Charlie Kirk Memorial](https://adflegal.org/article/gabby-stout-explainer/)
- [The Story of the Wuoti and Gantt Families](https://adflegal.org/article/the-story-of-the-wuoti-and-gantt-families/)
- [Signs Of The Times](https://adflegal.org/article/signs-of-the-times/)
- [Why Secret Social Transitions Betray Parents and Harm Students](https://adflegal.org/article/why-secret-social-transitions-betray-parents-and-students/)
- [ADF Testifies Before Congress on Harmful Secret Social Transition Policies](https://adflegal.org/article/adf-testifies-before-congress-on-harmful-secret-social-transition-policies/)
- [Aimee Huber’s Story](https://adflegal.org/article/aimee-huber-story/)
- [Giving Thanks for the Freedoms You’ve Helped Defend](https://adflegal.org/article/giving-thanks-for-the-freedoms-youve-helped-defend/)
- [Jay and Sandy Smith’s Story](https://adflegal.org/article/jay-and-sandy-smith-story/)
- [Kristen Waggoner: Secret Social Transitions are All Too Real, and They’re Hurting Kids](https://adflegal.org/article/kristen-waggoner-secret-social-transitions-are-all-too-real-and-theyre-hurting-kids/)
- [Moody Bible Institute Students Free to Participate in Chicago Teaching Program](https://adflegal.org/article/moody-bible-institute-students-free-to-participate-in-chicago-teaching-program/)
- [Aubrey and Avalon Simpson’s Story](https://adflegal.org/article/aubrey-and-avalon-simpson-story/)
- [Lawfare: When the Process is the Punishment](https://adflegal.org/article/lawfare-when-the-process-is-the-punishment/)
- [University of Louisville Professor Victorious After 6-Year Free Speech Lawsuit](https://adflegal.org/article/university-of-louisville-professor-victorious-after-6-year-free-speech-lawsuit/)
- [No Laughing Matter: Can the Tickle v. Giggle Case Save Women’s Spaces in Australia?](https://adflegal.org/article/no-laughing-matter-will-the-tickle-v-giggle-case-erase-womens-spaces-in-australia/)
- [The First Amendment Protects Donor Privacy](https://adflegal.org/article/the-first-amendment-protects-donor-privacy/)
- [Rosalie Markezich’s Story](https://adflegal.org/article/rosalie-markezich-story/)
- [How Pro-Abortion Doctors are Evading Louisiana's Pro-Life Law](https://adflegal.org/article/how-pro-abortion-doctors-are-evading-louisianas-pro-life-law/)
- [Court Reminds Washington: Thou Shalt Not Violate the Privacy of Confession](https://adflegal.org/article/court-reminds-washington-thou-shalt-not-violate-the-privacy-of-confession/)
- [Coerced, Deceived, Abandoned: The Painful Toll of Mail-Order Abortion Drugs](https://adflegal.org/article/coerced-deceived-abandoned-the-painful-toll-of-mail-order-abortion-drugs/)
- [The FBI—Finally—Kicks the SPLC to the Curb](https://adflegal.org/article/the-fbi-finally-kicks-the-splc-to-the-curb/)
- [Lawsuit Challenges Airbnb Over Shareholder Viewpoint Discrimination](https://adflegal.org/article/lawsuit-challenges-airbnb-over-shareholder-viewpoint-discrimination/)
- [Can We Talk?](https://adflegal.org/article/can-we-talk/)
- [Nigerian Man Faces Death Penalty for a WhatsApp Message?](https://adflegal.org/article/nigerian-man-faces-death-penalty-for-a-whatsapp-message/)
- [ADF Clients, Attorneys, Testify at White House's Religious Liberty Commission](https://adflegal.org/article/white-house-religious-liberty-commission/)
- [Massachusetts Reverses Course on Religious Discrimination in Foster Care](https://adflegal.org/article/massachusetts-religious-discrimination-is-leaving-kids-without-a-home/)
- [Adaleia Cross’s Story](https://adflegal.org/article/adaleia-cross-story/)
- [Parents Deserve Every Counseling Option to Help Their Children](https://adflegal.org/article/parents-deserve-every-counseling-option-to-help-their-children/)
- [Over 70 Years Later, The Johnson Amendment Continues to Chill Speech](https://adflegal.org/article/johnson-amendment-free-speech/)
- [The EU Digital Services Act Could Cripple Free Speech – Even In America ](https://adflegal.org/article/the-eu-digital-services-act-could-cripple-free-speech-even-in-america/)
- [How One "Obscure Baker" Helped Spark Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Conversion to Christianity ](https://adflegal.org/article/how-one-obscure-baker-helped-spark-ayaan-hirsi-alis-conversion-to-christianity/)
- [Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case of Whether Schools Can Deceive Parents About Their Children](https://adflegal.org/article/foote-v-ludlow-explainer/)
- [Naomi Epps Best's Story Exposes the Ideological Crisis in Counseling](https://adflegal.org/article/naomi-epps-bests-story-exposes-the-ideological-crisis-in-counseling/)
- [Christian Bookstore Challenges Colorado’s Crusade Against Free Speech](https://adflegal.org/article/christian-bookstore-challenges-colorados-crusade-against-free-speech/)
- [Father Challenges New Jersey School’s Secret "Social Transition" of Daughter](https://adflegal.org/article/father-challenges-new-jersey-schools-secret-social-transition-of-daughter/)
- [The Babylon Bee Victorious in Challenging Anti-Free Speech Law in Hawaii](https://adflegal.org/article/the-babylon-bee-victorious-in-lawsuit-challenging-anti-free-speech-law-in-hawaii/)
- [Parents Prevail After Houston School District Treated Daughter as a Boy](https://adflegal.org/article/parents-prevail-after-houston-school-district-treated-daughter-as-a-boy/)
- [Billboard Chris Win an Encouraging ‘Sign’ for Global Free Speech](https://adflegal.org/article/billboard-chris-win-an-encouraging-sign-for-global-free-speech/)