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Parents’ rights to direct the upbringing, education, and care of their children are fundamental rights protected by the U.S. Constitution.

WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys WHAT: Available for media interviews following hearing in C.I. v. Albemarle County School Board WHEN: Friday, April 22, immediately following hearing, which begins at 10 a.m. EDT WHERE: Albemarle County Courthouse, 501 E Jefferson St., Charlottesville; to schedule a media interview, contact ADF Media Relations Specialist Ellie Wittman at (202) 503-7984 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a diverse group of parents and their children in a lawsuit against the Albemarle County School Board will be available for media ...

Loudoun County teachers Tanner Cross, Monica Gill, and Kim Wright are challenging an unconstitutional school board policy.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao regarding Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signing Wednesday of SB 2, a bill that protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against men playing on women’s sports teams: “When the law ignores biological reality, female athletes lose medals, podium spots, public recognition, and opportunities to compete. We have seen increasing examples across the country of males dominating girls’ athletic competitions when competing as ...

ADF represents a religiously and ethnically diverse group of parents and students to challenge the racially discriminatory policies of Albemarle County Public Schools.

Children who struggle with gender dysphoria need their parents' support.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief that ADF attorneys filed jointly at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday with lead counsel representing former and current National Football League players who support a high school football coach suspended for engaging in 30 seconds of personal prayer at the end of a game: “American citizens do not give up the right to personal prayer when they accept employment with a public employer. As our brief explains, the First ...

Policies that ignore biological reality—ignore sex—pose serious risks to student health and safety and undermine parents' fundamental rights.

Parents, not schools or governments, have the fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to take Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, a case in which a high school football coach was suspended for engaging in 30 seconds of personal prayer at the end of a game: “As the friend-of-the-court brief we joined urging the Supreme Court to take this case explains, no right is more fundamental to our Constitution than the ability of every citizen to give personal thanks to God for the blessings of His provision ...