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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit’s decision in Thai Meditation Association of Alabama v. City of Mobile, which upheld the legally and constitutionally protected freedoms of a religious minority group to practice its faith without government discrimination or hostility: “In America, religious liberty guarantees people of all faiths the freedom to practice and live out their beliefs as their tradition teaches. This constitutionally ...

ADF attorneys available for media interviews Thursday following hearing

Lawsuit challenges Kettle Moraine School District policy of changing students’ names, pronouns without parental consent

ADF attorneys representing cake artist and his Masterpiece Cakeshop asked state high court to uphold Phillips’ First Amendment rights

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a public comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday urging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to withdraw its proposed rule that hijacks a bipartisan law, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to impose an abortion mandate on virtually every employer in the country, even those whose religious beliefs dictate that life begins at conception: “The Biden administration’s new rule jeopardizes a supportive work culture for pregnant women by introducing abortion into federal law in a ...

Sixteen states, numerous groups file friend-of-the-court briefs with 1st Circuit supporting middle-schooler’s First Amendment right to express his views

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a proposed friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education in support of educators and students’ First Amendment right to speak according to their deeply held beliefs: “School policies that compel the use of pronouns inconsistent with sex force students and educators to speak contrary to their deeply held ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist regarding the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina’s decision Friday to prevent North Carolina’s pro-life laws from going into effect while the lawsuit, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Stein , continues: “Abortion is not health care, and North Carolina is free to protect the health and safety of women and girls in the state. The General Assembly reasonably enacted commonsense protections for women undergoing chemical and surgical abortions. North Carolina women deserve ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit’s decision Thursday in L.W. v. Skrmetti to uphold Tennessee and Kentucky state laws that protect children from harmful and unnecessary medical procedures: “Tennessee and Kentucky are right to protect minors from harmful, irreversible, and experimental medical procedures that can permanently alter children’s bodies without any proven long-term benefit. Children suffering discomfort with their sex are best ...

ADF represents satire website Babylon Bee in friend-of-the-court brief challenging New York censorship law at 2nd Circuit