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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding a Colorado trial court’s decision that punishes cake artist Jack Phillips for not designing a custom pink-and-blue cake celebrating a gender transition when asked to do so by an activist attorney: “Jack Phillips serves all people but shouldn’t be forced to create custom cakes with messages that violate his conscience. In this case, an activist attorney demanded Jack create custom cakes in order to ‘test’ Jack and ‘correct the errors’ of his thinking, and the activist even threatened ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch, regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Thursday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Carter v. Southwest Airlines, in which a federal district court ordered in-house attorneys with Southwest Airlines to attend religious liberty training as part of a ruling in favor of a flight attendant whom the court determined the airline fired because of her religious beliefs: “Alliance Defending Freedom is a nationally recognized and ...

… rights of a Christian student organization and treat it the same as other campus groups: “Public schools should be … legislators, judges, and civic leaders. That’s why it’s so crucial that public high schools and colleges … rights of a Christian student organization and treat it the same as other campus groups: “Public schools should be …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the finalization of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports bill, H.B. 1217, after the state’s House of Representatives, by a 67–2 margin, rejected her proposed changes Monday because they would have gutted the bill: “We are profoundly disappointed that Gov. Noem vetoed South Dakota’s Fairness in Women’s Sports bill. The legislation would have protected female athletes at all levels, just as similar laws do in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Idaho. The fact ...

… prayer on the job? The question may sound absurd, but it’s what’s at stake in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District … of prayer after an employee at another school brought it up. Concerned that the prayer could be violating the First … would significantly weaken protections for people of faith who work for the government. If the government can stifle the …

… “The University of Florida deprives BYX of this right when it forces the group to abandon its identity as a Christian … fraternity that seeks to teach male college students what it means to be Christian men.  The university refuses to … “Why then is the university telling this fraternity it cannot limit its membership to Christian men?” Without …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the U.S. House’s passage Thursday of the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which protects women’s sports by affirming that allowing males to compete on women’s teams violates Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for federally funded schools and colleges: “Girls shouldn’t be spectators in their own sports. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act reaffirms the vital protections for women’s sports guaranteed by Title IX, ensuring that women and girls truly have ...

… mask with the words “Trump -2020- Keep America Great!” on it. The student, David Ferguson, wore the mask to peacefully … him aside and required him to remove the mask because it was “political.” Ferguson complied with the principal’s … legislators, judges, educators, and voters. That’s why it’s so important that public schools demonstrate the First …

… brief  in July with the 6th Circuit urging it to uphold Tennessee’s and Kentucky’s laws, which it did. Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, … brief  in July with the 6th Circuit urging it to uphold Tennessee’s and Kentucky’s laws, which it did. …

… of males dominating girls’ athletic competitions, it’s imperative to affirm that biology, not identity, is what … of males dominating girls’ athletic competitions, it’s imperative to affirm that biology, not identity, is what …