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Bryan and Rebecca Gantt were faithful foster parents to children in need for seven years—until the state of Vermont revoked their license because of their Christian beliefs. Pastor Bryan and Rebecca opened their hearts and home to love the most vulnerable among us: children without stable families who were born with drug dependencies and special needs. They adopted three children from the foster-care system and inspired other families to foster, too. Then, the state of Vermont insisted the Gantts comply with new foster-parent licensing policies that would require them to profess the state’s ...

ADF attorneys available for media interviews Friday following hearing

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, director of the ADF Center for Parental Rights, regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Wednesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. The attorneys filed the brief in the case Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School Board on behalf of Wisconsin mother Tammy Fournier, who filed a lawsuit—which she won—against a school district for violating her rights as a parent: “Parents have a fundamental right and responsibility to direct their children’s upbringing ...

More and more, government officials are abusing their authority to threaten, silence, and penalize Christians and other people of faith. They are turning their power against the very people they represent—violating the constitutional, God-given rights of people like you. But, with your help, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is here to meet this moment. ADF is a Christian legal ministry that exists to keep the door open for the Gospel by advancing the God-given right to live and speak the truth. We do this by protecting and advancing religious freedom, free speech, the right to life, marriage ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Vice President of Litigation Strategy and Center for Conscience Initiatives Jonathan Scruggs, regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit’s decision Wednesday to reject the Biden administration’s request to partially undo the injunction issued by the district court against the administration’s Title IX rules. The district court had previously issued an injunction against the administration’s illegal attempt to rewrite Title IX while the lawsuit, State of Tennessee v. Cardona, moves forward. Now, because of the 6th ...

Female athletes spend years—even decades—of their lives training and honing their skills. They know that the difference between victory and defeat can be a single point or a tenth of a second. Fairness between competitors is critical. But the Biden administration and radical activists throughout the country are undermining the truth that there are biological differences between females and males by attempting to force women and girls to compete against males, who have significant—and documented—physical advantages. As this continues, women’s sports are being destroyed as opportunities and ...

15-year-old West Virginia athlete Adaleia Cross has loved sports all her life. But now, her love has turned to pain. Adaleia has been forced to compete against—and share a locker room with—a male teammate who identifies as a girl. In the locker room and out on the track, the male athlete also regularly made vile, sexual, threatening, and demeaning remarks to Adaleia and other girls. These remarks are too explicit to quote for you here. No girl should be made to endure what Adaleia has, yet the federal government’s new Title IX rule changes will allow men into women’s locker rooms and restrooms ...

Following Supreme Court’s 303 Creative decision, 2nd Circuit reinstates photographer’s case, orders lower court to consider injunction against state coercion

Educators, parents, and students are facing increasing threats to their freedoms. Why? Because government officials are silencing speech that they disagree with and punishing Americans for engaging in honest discussion and debate. Some policies seek to compel educators and students to express messages that aren’t true, or ones that violate their beliefs. These unlawful directives force educators to deceive and mislead parents and students about plain truths, and to speak messages with which they disagree—or face punishment. But don’t educators and students alike have the right to live and ...

ADF attorneys represent Carroll Independent School District in legal challenge to protect student privacy, safety