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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Gov. Kay Ivey’s signing Tuesday of HB 261, a bill that extends the state’s existing protections for K-12 female athletes to women in college, ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on collegiate women’s sports teams: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. A college freshman losing a spot on the team to a male athlete is just as unfair and harmful as when it happens to a high school senior. That is why we must protect fairness for girls in ...

ADF attorneys sue school district over discriminatory rental policy

WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer WHAT: Kiefer will be one of several speakers at Matt Walsh’s rally to protect children from harmful and life-altering medical procedures; she will be available for media interviews before the rally, which begins at 4 p.m. EDT. To schedule an interview, contact ADF Media Relations Specialist Jacqueline Ribeiro at (202) 961-9396. WHEN: Friday, Oct. 21, beginning at 4 p.m. EDT WHERE: War Memorial Plaza, 301 6th Ave. N., Nashville ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Other speakers include Matt Walsh, Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, and ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom President and CEO Michael Farris regarding the inauguration of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States:“On this Inauguration Day, we join with millions of our fellow Americans who are praying for the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden. Many challenges lie ahead, and we pray for the president’s health and safety as he governs this great nation. While we are gravely concerned about his campaign positions, we pray that, as president, he would have a change of heart and protect everyone’s God-given ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule to remove conscience protections for medical professionals, undoing a Trump administration rule that protected doctors, nurses, and other health care workers to provide care in a manner consistent with their religious and ethical beliefs: “No American should be forced to violate their ethical and religious beliefs. Doctors, nurses, and other medical providers should enjoy this same constitutional protection, free to live and ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Advocacy Strategy Emilie Kao regarding Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto Wednesday of SB 83, a bill designed to protect athletic opportunities for the state’s female athletes: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. When we ignore biological reality, female athletes lose medals, podium spots, public recognition, and opportunities to compete. We’ve seen increasing examples across the country of males dominating girls’ athletic competitions when competing as females ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley regarding the city of Houston’s preliminary response Friday to an ADF motion to quash the city’s request for the sermons and communications of pastors in Woodfill v. Parker: “The city of Houston still doesn’t get it. It thinks that by changing nothing in its subpoenas other than to remove the word ‘sermons’ that it has solved the problem. That solves nothing. Even though the pastors are not parties in this lawsuit, the subpoenas still demand from them 17 different categories of information – ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the introduction Thursday of a resolution introduced by Sen. Joni Ernst celebrating the expansion of opportunities for female athletes since the enactment of Title IX and recognizing the need to preserve fairness in women’s sports: “For more than 50 years, Title IX has protected equal athletic opportunities for women. Sadly, the Biden administration is threatening those opportunities by pretending that men do not have a significant advantage over women when it comes to athletics. As ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a formal comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging it to protect all Americans’ freedom to live out their conscientious and religious convictions: “Americans shouldn’t be forced to violate their ethical and religious beliefs. Yet, every year, countless medical practitioners needlessly suffer threats to their livelihoods and affronts to their faith just for asserting their rights to conscience and religious freedom. It’s ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor regarding ADF’s formal comment submitted Thursday to the U.S. Department of Labor in response to the agency’s proposed rule to roll back religious liberty protections for faith-based organizations that partner with the federal government: “The U.S. Constitution protects the right of all Americans to operate freely according to their religious beliefs. This freedom isn’t abandoned simply because an individual or organization enters into a contract with the federal government. ADF is extremely ...