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… What You Should Know About the Respect for Marriage Act The misnamed ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ … against pressures to move the bill forward, and over 2,000 church and ministry leaders sent a letter to the Senate … to spend years in litigation and thousands of dollars in attorneys’ fees to protect their rights.   2. The amendment …

… Vermont Continues Streak of Hard Fouls Against Christian Schools Mid Vermont Christian School was punished for declining to follow the state’s view on human sexuality … avail. Defending religious freedom In November 2023, ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit against Vermont officials for …

… Oral Argument Prep for the Supreme Court How does an attorney prepare for oral … at the U.S. Supreme Court since 2011, the most recent of which was a landmark ruling for free speech in 303 … starts by studying the written briefs and records. The attorneys preparing for oral arguments have already submitted …

… Middle Schooler Punished for Wearing ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ Shirt Liam Morrison … which students were encouraged to celebrate the ideology of gender identity . But when Liam wore a shirt expressing … with them. In May 2023, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a lawsuit against Nichols Middle School on …

… The End of the Lemon Test The Supreme Court finally abandoned the … the free exercise thereof.” (The term “separation of church and state,” or anything like it, does not appear in … Lemon Test In 1971, the Supreme Court devised a new test for evaluating government actions that might violate the …

… is a hallmark of what it means to live in a free society. For much of human history, free speech did not exist. And in … of Gilbert (2015) Pastor Clyde Reed of Good News Community Church relied on small signs pointing people to his church … be forced to promote the state’s pro-abortion message. ADF attorneys represented a nonprofit network of pregnancy …

… and irreversible consequences, including sterilization. For many health-care providers, performing these … discrimination claims. On the women’s sports front, ADF attorneys represent Lainey Armistead, who played soccer at … of blatant violations. ADF attorneys are representing a church in California that is being illegally forced by the …

… Laws that legalize assisted suicide facilitate a culture of death that is hard to stop once it starts. Written by … sister contacted Alliance Defending Freedom, and our attorneys filed a lawsuit on her behalf . Jesse’s food and … center on his own less than three months later. We fought for Jesse because we know that all life deserves …

… and responsibility to direct the upbringing and education of their children. And children need their parents to do just … have done so under the guise of “support” and “acceptance” for children struggling with questions about sex and gender. … when these children need their parents most.   Fired for telling the truth When children express confusion or …

… What Is Freedom of Conscience, and Why Does It Matter? The freedom of … right from wrong, good from evil. But it’s more than that. For knowing right from wrong wouldn’t do much good if we … attorney is still targeting him for his views. ADF attorneys continue to defend Jack’s freedom of conscience. …