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The First Amendment Allows A Student To Quote Proverbs In A Graduation Speech? You Bet It Does!School officials with Provost Academy, an online, public charter school in South Carolina, invited Mariah Kirby, the school’s Student of the Year, to give a speech at her graduation ceremony this year. (4/19/2020)
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Are you, or the religious organization you serve with, religious? Ask the government to find out!A Christian student group trying to form a recognized student organization at University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) recently found out it was not religious. How did it find this out? UNCG officials told it so. (4/29/2021)
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Arizona town discriminates against church signsAlliance Defending Freedom attorneys available to media after hearing (4/19/2020)
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ADF extinguishes Atlanta’s arguments in defense of discrimination against fire chiefBrief filed in federal court answers city’s arguments for firing Kelvin Cochran (4/19/2020)
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Some Good News For Religious Groups On The Free Association FrontLooking for some good news for religious organizations that seek to exercise their right to select voting members and leaders on the basis of their religious beliefs? Then look no further than ADF's recent settlement of a lawsuit we filed on behalf of a Christian student group at the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG). (4/19/2020)
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In Gilbert, Arizona, Churches Ride On The Back Of The Free Speech BusRarely can the essence of a lawsuit be captured through pictures. But in Alliance Defending Freedom’s case involving a tiny Church’s First Amendment challenge to the Town of Gilbert’s discriminatory treatment of signs advertising its religious services, a picture truly speaks a thousand words. (4/19/2020)
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Standing Gives Me A MigraineStanding makes my brain hurt. I am not referring to the act of getting up out of my chair, but to the legal doctrine that controls whether a person can access the federal courts to have his case heard. (4/19/2020)
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Pastors Should Ignore Freedom From Religion Foundation's Scare Tactics And Keep Visiting Students Who Attend Their Churches At SchoolMake no mistake. Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is not pro-separation. They are anti-religion. Indeed, only a group motivated by religious animus could label pastors visiting student members of their congregation during the school day inappropriate, unconstitutional, even predatory. (4/19/2020)
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Montana strips benefits from disabled preschoolerState agency erroneously thinks disability benefits for hearing-impaired child would be unconstitutional (4/19/2020)
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Will we all be Icelanders (or is it Icelandians?) one day?One of my biggest concerns about the current push in this country for school districts to adopt anti-bullying policies is whether there is any limit on what types of actions these policies authorize the government to take in the name of protecting students from words that make them "feel bad" or that "offend" them. (4/19/2020)
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SPLC issues ‘hate report’ in midst of Coronavirus pandemicThe following quote may be attributed to ADF Vice President of U.S. Advocacy Jeremy Tedesco. (4/29/2021)
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Common Sense Is Refreshing: Tolerance Is A Two-Way StreetIf you read this blog within the past few days, you already know that the Sixth Circuit issued a terrific decision for religious liberty in ADF's case on behalf of Julea Ward, a student Eastern Michigan University (EMU) expelled from its counseling program because of her religious beliefs. (4/23/2021)