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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Litigation Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the unsupported claim that the city of Houston is “backing off” or “narrowing” its subpoena request for the sermons and communications of pastors in Woodfill v. Parker: “The shame that the city of Houston has brought upon itself is real, but the claim that it has changed course is not. The city so far has taken no concrete action to withdraw the subpoenas. Furthermore, the subpoenas themselves are the problem – not just their request for pastors’ sermons. The city is not off the ...

ADF lead counsel Erin Hawley to hold press conference following oral arguments in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist; ADF client Dr. Christina Francis, CEO of American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists; U.S. Reps. Chris Smith (NJ-04) and August Pfluger (TX-11) WHAT: Press conference hosted by U.S. Reps. Smith and Pfluger ahead of oral arguments in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine WHEN: 1:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, March 21 WHERE: House Triangle in front of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To schedule an interview, contact ADF Media Relations Specialists Hayden Sledge at ...

Tax agency misses legally required Sept. 11 deadline to produce information

WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom client and former West Virginia State University soccer player Lainey Armistead and ADF Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer WHAT: Speaking at press conference led by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on the lawsuit B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education WHEN: Tuesday, June 21, at 10:00 a.m. EDT WHERE: Attorney General’s Rotunda outside the AG’s Office by California Street entrance, Charleston ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To schedule an interview, contact ADF Media Relations Manager AnnMarie Pariseau at (480) 417-3975. Other speakers confirmed ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Friday of SB 160, a bill that protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on women’s sports teams: “By vetoing this bill, Gov. Kelly has chosen—for the second time—to reject fairness in sports for thousands of women and girls in Kansas. When biological differences are ignored, women and girls bear the brunt of the harm. The incidents of males dominating girls’ athletic ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Friday of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, as bill that protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on women’s sports teams: “By vetoing this bill, Gov. Kelly has chosen—for the third time—to reject fairness in sports for thousands of women and girls in Kansas. Allowing males to compete in girls’ sports is discriminatory and destroys fair competition and women’s athletic ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the Ohio House’s vote Thursday to include the Save Women’s Sports Act as an amendment to SB 187. The amendment protects opportunities for women and girls in athletics by ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on women’s sports teams: “When the law ignores biological differences, women and girls bear the brunt of the harm. The Save Women’s Sports Act ensures that female athletes in Ohio are able to compete on a level playing field. We have seen increasing ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval Thursday of tax legislation that includes language from the Free Speech Fairness Act, which, if signed into law, would prevent the Internal Revenue Service from investigating and penalizing churches simply for what a pastor says from the pulpit: “America’s pastors don’t need a federal tax agency to police their sermons, and so we commend those in the House who supported free speech fairness language in the amended tax bill. Churches and ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the Louisiana Legislature’s approval Monday of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act (SB 44), 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: “Girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. We commend the Louisiana Legislature for recognizing this and passing the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act for a second time. Since Gov. Jon Bel Edwards’s veto of the bill last year, we’ve ...