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- SAN FRANCISCO — Today the California Supreme Court handed a huge victory to the millions of California voters who passed Proposition 22 and oppose same-sex "marriage." The court ruled 7-0 that the mayor and county clerk of San Francisco exceeded their authority when they defied state law and issued "marriage" licenses to same-sex couples. The court also ruled 5-2 that because San Francisco issued the licenses illegally, they are invalid. "The justices have restored the rule of law in California," said Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence, who argued the case Lewis v. Alfaro ...
- SAN FRANCISCO—Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund will be available to the media for comment on the California Supreme Court decision in the case of Lewis v. Alfaro. ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence, who argued before the California Supreme court in the case, will issue a statement and hold a press conference on the steps of the courthouse building at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. According to ADF Chief Counsel Benjamin Bull, Lewis v. Alfaro is a critical case for the rule of law in California and the nation. "The question in this case is whether elected public officials have to uphold and ...
- ADF files lawsuit against California library for barring Christian ministry from using public meeting room
- MADISON, WI— This past Friday was a day to remember for Captain Scott Southworth, a unit commander in the Wisconsin National Guard 32nd Military Police Company. Southworth’s unit returned on Friday from more than a year of rigorous duty in Iraq and the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit handed down the latest opinion in Southworth v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Captain Southworth, then a student at the University of Wisconsin, was the plaintiff in the lawsuit when it was filed in 1996. The lawsuit challenged the unfair nature of mandatory student ...
- Alliance Defense Fund files lawsuit saying public school students don’t leave First Amendment rights at the school door
- ADF: Battle for Pledge of Allegiance is likely to continue
- SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund will be available to the media at the California Supreme Court Tuesday to comment on oral arguments in the case of Lewis v. Alfaro. ADF Chief Counsel Benjamin Bull will be in San Francisco at the courthouse, as will ADF Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence and ADF Senior Counsel Glen Lavy. According to Chief Counsel Benjamin Bull, Lewis v. Alfaro, the original action filed by ADF in the California Supreme Court, is a critical case for the rule of law in California and the nation. "The San Francisco mayor cannot unilaterally declare a ...
- "Choose Life" message too controversial
- SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The Alliance Defense Fund, America’s largest public interest religious liberty legal alliance, has announced the launch of its nationwide Christmas Project to combat senseless and reoccurring annual attempts to censor Christmas. "We expect the ACLU and its usual ‘freedom from religion’ allies, along with uninformed, misguided government officials in many communities to once again attempt to turn the joy of Christmas into a divisive ‘separation of church and state’ controversy," said Alan E. Sears, president of the Alliance Defense Fund. "Somebody will set up a Christmas crèche ...
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