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- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding a proposed rule released Monday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reinterprets federal law to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, requiring doctors to perform harmful medical procedures that seek to alter a patient’s biological sex even if the procedure violates the doctor’s medical judgment or religious beliefs. The new proposed rule would also prohibit discrimination on the basis of “termination of pregnancy”—an action that could ...
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding President Joe Biden’s executive order issued Wednesday that villainizes and grossly misrepresents religious Americans and others holding to commonsense American values and violates their constitutionally and legally protected freedoms: “Every American is protected under the Constitution to freely live and work according to their religious beliefs, and President Biden can’t remove those fundamental rights with a stroke of his pen. It is a gross overreach of his authority, for example ...
- Photographer Bob Updegrove challenged the unconstitutional Virginia Values Act, which could have forced him to violate his deeply held beliefs.
- Blaine Adamson, owner of the Kentucky-based print shop Hands On Originals, faced legal backlash for following his conscience.
- ADF attorneys represent New Hope Family Services, ask court to stop discriminatory investigation against Christian nonprofit
- The Biden administration’s reinterpretation of the law could force doctors to act against their beliefs in performing gender transition surgeries.
- Brian Tingley challenged a Washington state law that prohibits young people from receiving private counseling to pursue personal goals in line with their faith.
- ADF attorneys represent Bob Updegrove
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage Thursday of the deceptively named “ Equality Act,” legislation that could be used to restrict the religious freedom of churches and religious nonprofits including religious schools; set back protections for women on the playing field, at work, and in private spaces like showers and locker rooms; as well as inhibit the ability of everyday Americans to live in alignment with their beliefs: “Our nation’s laws should respect the most fundamental ...
- Laws must respect religious freedom and promote justice for all. The Equality Act doesn’t do that. Instead, it threatens Americans’ fundamental liberties.