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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Jeremiah Galus regarding the Illinois Appellate Court’s ruling Wednesday that the Illinois Department of Employment Security can’t assess unemployment compensation taxes to By The Hand Club For Kids, a ministry of The Moody Church that provides assistance to underprivileged children: “By The Hand’s afterschool ministry to needy schoolchildren is directly motivated by its Christian faith and convictions. For years, the Illinois government agency has insisted on taxing By The Hand, a religious non-profit ministry ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Greg Baylor regarding Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signing Wednesday of HB 4616, a bill that censors conversations between clients and counselors by dictating what goals can be pursued and what ideas can be discussed: “The government has no business censoring conversations between patients and counselors. HB 4616 jeopardizes constitutionally protected freedom of speech by allowing government officials to insert themselves into private conversations between counselors and their clients. Counselors shouldn’t ...

Alliance Defending Freedom represents four universities in new lawsuit against Obama administration

More-than-six-year legal battle ends in victory for private college that wishes to operate according to its beliefs

DETROIT — A federal court Wednesday ruled against the American Atheists in its lawsuit against the city of Detroit. The atheist group sued because the city promised to reimburse a church for property improvements. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund represented the church’s interests in the suit. “Churches cannot be treated as second class simply because they are religious institutions. They have the same right to reimbursement for physical improvements as all other entities have,” said ADF Legal Counsel Dale Schowengerdt. “No reasonable person would consider a church’s receipt of ...

Nearly six-year legal battle ends in victory for private college, university that wish to operate according to their beliefs

ADF attorneys represent city of Bloomfield

Alliance Defending Freedom represents Manhattan Institute in friend-of-the-court brief filed with Supreme Court

More than four-year legal battle ends in victory for Christian organizations that wish to operate according to their beliefs

ADF attorneys secure court order affirming religious freedom, freedom of speech for students