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ADF attorneys file petition with nation’s high court on behalf of county clerk

Colorado Civil Rights Commission finally abandons its harassment of cake artist who prevailed at US Supreme Court

The 9th Circuit upheld a female-only beauty pageant’s right to have all-female contestants to express messages consistent with its beliefs.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann regarding the State University of New York Cortland Student Government Association’s decision Monday to approve a Turning Point USA chapter as an officially recognized club after the student government originally voted to withhold recognized status from it: “SUNY Cortland students Gabriella Delorenzo and Megan Rothmund worked hard to form a TPUSA chapter at the university to bring together students who value freedom, free markets, and limited government. The Student Government Association rightly ...

Pat Piccolo serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. He primarily assists members of the Church and Ministry Alliance with protecting their constitutional freedoms and navigating religious liberty issues. Prior to joining ADF, Piccolo clerked in a Virginia Circuit Court and worked in private practice, where he represented landowners facing condemnations and businesses navigating a wide array of commercial disputes. Piccolo earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2016. He obtained his B.A. in history and religious studies from the University of Virginia ...

Mathew Hoffmann serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a key member of the Center for Academic Freedom.

Jared Dobbs serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is a member of the Corporate Counsel team. Before joining ADF, Dobbs served as an extern to Judge Consuelo M. Callahan at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Sacramento, California. He received his J.D. from the University of the Pacific – McGeorge School of Law in 2022, where he graduated with great distinction. He previously worked at ADF from 2016 to 2019 as a communication integrity specialist. He has a B.A. from Biola University, where he majored in piano and political science, and is an alumnus of ...

Alliance Defending Freedom is fighting for Dr. Fox and others like him in the courtroom, but we cannot do it without your support today.

There are growing threats to those who serve Jesus. Activist officials are seeking to silence and coerce those who speak and live consistent with the Christian faith—here in America and around the world. It's only through the generosity of friends like you that we can defend people of faith in courtrooms around the world. Now as much as ever, we need your help to stand with them. Will you help defend the faithful and advance the right to live and speak the truth by making a gift right now? Your doubled gift will make an immediate impact and help us walk boldly into the wind to defend our ...

Some myths about religious freedom are accepted as truth and used to put down people of faith and religious organizations. When people say things like, “Religious freedom is just an excuse for discrimination,” we want you to be equipped to respond and set the record straight. Use ADF’s free guide to help you discuss religious freedom effectively. GET THE GUIDE Religious Freedom versus Discrimination We hope you found our Religious Freedom guide helpful. How do religious freedom and discrimination differ? Find out in our article, “ Is Religious Freedom Discrimination?” ...