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- 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 ...
- Government officials have a duty to uphold the First Amendment, even during times of crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.
- New York City violated the First Amendment with its discriminatory enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
- Please use this page as a reference for frequently asked questions regarding religious exemptions to vaccine mandates.
- ADF lawsuit prompts enactment of new policy that means students can’t be singled out, censored
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s signing Monday of HB 2449, a bill that ensures that residents of long-term care facilities are able to receive visits from clergy during a state of emergency, an extension of protections passed last year for patients in hospitals: “The religious freedom of Arizonans should be protected, especially during a public crisis. Over the past two years, too many people were denied visits from clergy, even in end-of-life situations. HB 2449 ensures that this does not happen ...
- 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 ADF attorneys, along with counsel at Wiley Rein, LLP, filed at the U.S. Supreme Court Friday on behalf of the Catholic Medical Association in Dr. A. v. Hochul, a case in which 16 medical professionals are challenging New York’s mandate that forces health care workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine over their sincere religious opposition to it: “Health care workers, like every other member of the American workforce, are free ...
- En banc petitions filed in two of four ADF cases challenging Biden administration private employer mandate via OSHA
- ADF opposed the Biden administration’s efforts through OSHA to compel large, private employers to require all employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of U.S. Litigation David Cortman regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday in Tandon v. Newsom to halt California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 order that limits religious gatherings to three households inside of personal residences while allowing more than three households to gather in other comparable venues: “With this fifth rejection of California’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious exercise, the Supreme Court has made abundantly clear that the government has a duty to respect the ...