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- Case sent back to lower court to decide whether town ordinance unconstitutionally favors non-commercial signs that aren’t religious
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Dale Schowengerdt regarding the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit to declare the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Gill v. Office of Personnel Management: “Society should protect and strengthen marriage, not undermine it. The federal Defense of Marriage Act provides that type of protection, and we trust the U.S. Supreme Court will reverse the 1st Circuit’s erroneous decision.” “In allowing one ...
- Town of Gilbert amends sign code but perpetuates discrimination against churches; ADF amends lawsuit on behalf of church
- ADF attorneys secure fair treatment for Gilbert church, town council to amend unfair signage ordinance
- Town officials place strict time and size limits on signs for church services not applied to anyone else
- Judge declined to grant motion that would have suspended discriminatory ordinance while lawsuit moves forward in Ariz.
- Name changed, mission same
- ADF attorneys file suit against university officials after independent newspaper targeted for discrimination
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Jim Campbell regarding a determination by the director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights that a Christian ministry engaged in “wrongdoing” for abiding by its faith: “The government should not be able to force a Christian organization to use its property in a way that would violate its own religious beliefs. Both the U.S. and New Jersey constitutions protect the freedom of faith-based groups to use their property in a manner consistent with those beliefs. That freedom trumps any state law that conflicts ...
- Alliance Defending Freedom attorney available to media following hearing before 4th Circuit in church school case