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  • 15-year-old West Virginia athlete Adaleia Cross has loved sports all her life. But now, her love has turned to pain. Adaleia has been forced to compete against—and share a locker room with—a male teammate who identifies as a girl. In the locker room, the male athlete also regularly made vile, sexual, threatening, and demeaning remarks to Adaleia and other girls. These remarks are too explicit to quote for you here. No girl should be made to endure what Adaleia has, yet the federal government’s new Title IX rules allow men into women’s locker rooms and restrooms. These are the harms that happen ...
  • The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President for Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Wednesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Barnett v. INOVA Health Services. In the case, a lower court ruled that a health services employee did not have sufficient religious objections to a vaccine requirement by her employer: “America’s legal system is built on a foundation that highly respects the religious beliefs of individuals, and the First Amendment and Title VII uphold ...
  • Hearing in federal district court Friday
  • The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Public Policy, regarding Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s signing Wednesday of HB 121, a bill that prohibits government entities from forcing public school employees and students to use inaccurate names and pronouns in violation of their sincerely held beliefs: “No one should lose their job or face punishment at school for declining to say something they believe is false. Words and language carry meaning, and when used properly, they communicate truth about the world. Yet ...
  • ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Thursday
  • WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Rachel Rouleau, ADF client and former West Virginia college athlete Lainey Armistead WHAT: Speaking at Heritage Foundation press conference about the Biden administration’s new federal Title IX rule that will impact millions of Americans. The speakers will meet in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to discuss why lawsuits against the administration’s manipulation of Title IX—the law prohibiting sex discrimination in education—are ultimately destined for the high court. ADF’s legal actions challenging the administration’s new Title IX rule include the ...
  • Masterpiece Cakeshop owner, ADF attorney to hold press conference following oral arguments at Colorado Supreme Court
  • Ruling comes after ADF attorneys asked Kentucky district court to immediately halt administration’s illegal rewrite of federal law
  • Appeals court blocks Biden admin, in 20 states, from mandating that males be allowed to participate in women’s sports
  • The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Natalie Thompson regarding a Louisiana district court’s ruling Thursday in Rapides Parish School Board v. United States Department of Education to halt the Biden administration’s illegal rewrite of Title IX while the lawsuit continues. This is the first preliminary injunction issued in the country that puts a stop to the administration’s unlawful Title IX rule: “The Biden administration’s radical redefinition of sex turns back the clock on equal opportunity for women, undermines fairness, and threatens student ...