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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor regarding Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s signing Friday of HB 1063, a bill that clarifies that, under certain commonwealth statutes, the definition of “religion” includes not just belief but expression and action as well: “All Americans are guaranteed the right to free speech and the free exercise of religion. Government officials have a duty to protect and promote these freedoms. HB 1063 provides a necessary and helpful clarification in the law to help ensure Virginians won’t face ...

Former public school administrator Emily Mais filed a lawsuit against the Albemarle County School Board for creating a racially hostile work environment.

Photographer Bob Updegrove challenged the unconstitutional Virginia Values Act, which could have forced him to violate his deeply held beliefs.

The March for Life Education and Defense Fund has been standing up for its right to operate according to its convictions.

WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys WHAT: Available for media interviews following hearing in C.I. v. Albemarle County School Board WHEN: Friday, April 22, immediately following hearing, which begins at 10 a.m. EDT WHERE: Albemarle County Courthouse, 501 E Jefferson St., Charlottesville; to schedule a media interview, contact ADF Media Relations Specialist Ellie Wittman at (202) 503-7984 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a diverse group of parents and their children in a lawsuit against the Albemarle County School Board will be available for media ...

ADF represents a religiously and ethnically diverse group of parents and students to challenge the racially discriminatory policies of Albemarle County Public Schools.

Policies that ignore biological reality—ignore sex—pose serious risks to student health and safety and undermine parents' fundamental rights.

Parents, not schools or governments, have the fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the commonwealth of Virginia’s decision to change its position in Carson v. Makin at the U.S. Supreme Court from opposing to supporting Maine families whom the state prohibited from participating in a state tuition program—designed for students who don’t have access to a local public school—because the private school alternatives they wish to attend are religious: “Religious freedom means the right to not only be a person of faith, but to also live ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the state of Virginia’s decision to change its position at the U.S. Supreme Court from opposing Mississippi’s law protecting life to supporting it in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: “With Virginia’s decision to reverse its position to support the right of states to protect life, respect women, and preserve the integrity of the medical profession, a majority of U.S. states now say Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, and that the Supreme Court should reverse its 1973 decision ...