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The First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom protects the right of Yakima Union Gospel Mission and other faith-based ministries to hire those who share and live out their beliefs. Yet instead of praising the Mission for the strides it has made in caring for the homeless, government officials are hitting the ministry with threats of unconstitutional penalties. Alliance Defending Freedom is standing beside the Mission in defense of religious liberty. We defend our clients all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary. Cases like that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars ...

ADF attorneys representing Emilee Carpenter ask appeals court to review lower court’s decision allowing government to compel speech

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ final rule announced Friday implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits covered health programs or activities from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, and sex. HHS is replacing a 2016 rule that wrongly interpreted “sex” to include gender identity and termination of pregnancy. “Word choice in federal legislation is significant and Congress has consistently used the ...

Federal court orders state to allow pro-adoption plates as part of decision in 7-year-old ADF lawsuit

Ronald Reagan once said, Freedom … is never more than one generation away from extinction. We are seeing that truth play out before our very eyes. Today, activists and government officials are increasingly misusing the levers of law and policy — at the local, state, federal, and even international levels — to impose a new orthodoxy. This new orthodoxy threatens to silence, punish, and even ruin those who seek to speak and live consistent with the fact that … … life begins at conception. … God designed marriage to be between one man and one woman. … God made men and women equal, but different. ...

County opts not to appeal after federal judge finds ‘lack of any evidence’ for government’s claims

Ronald Reagan once said, Freedom … is never more than one generation away from extinction. We are seeing that truth play out before our very eyes. Today, activists and government officials are increasingly misusing the levers of law and policy — at the local, state, federal, and even international levels — to impose a new orthodoxy. This new orthodoxy threatens to silence, punish, and even ruin those who seek to speak and live consistent with the fact that … … life begins at conception. … God designed marriage to be between one man and one woman. … God made men and women equal, but different. ...

The threats to religious freedom are growing fast. But Alliance Defending Freedom has been defending religious freedom for over document.write(new Date().getFullYear() - 1994); years, and with 15 victories at the Supreme Court just since 2011, we’re working to secure freedom’s future for all Americans—the freedom of religion and free speech not just for ourselves, but for future generations as well. That’s because the right to live out your faith doesn’t end at your doorstep, even as some government officials and activists are trying to force you to keep it at home. As one supporter ...

School officials agree to allow some free speech for now, say they will revise other policies

The following quote may be attributed to ADF International Director of Advocacy Robert Clarke regarding documents released Monday concerning the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) that reveal “ widespread medical malpractice on children and vulnerable adults”: “No child is ever born in the wrong body. Children depend on adults to guide and empower them to feel comfortable and confident in their own skin, not to push them down a dangerous and irreversible path of transition. Around the globe, patients and doctors have been assured they are following ‘best practice’ ...