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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Greg Baylor, director of the ADF Center for Religious Schools, regarding U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Greg Steube’s introduction of the Safeguarding Charity Act, a bill to reaffirm that tax-exempt status does not constitute “federal financial assistance.” Receipt of federal financial assistance triggers multiple burdensome federal laws under which charities and other nonprofits could lose their tax-exempt status: “The Safeguarding Charity Act seeks to confirm what has always been true: a nonprofit’s tax ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman, director of regulatory practice, regarding a rule the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published Tuesday, Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes: “Americans shouldn’t be forced to violate their ethical and religious beliefs. Yet, every year, countless medical practitioners needlessly suffer threats to their livelihoods and affronts to their faith just for asserting their rights to conscience and religious freedom. In its rule, HHS suggests it will continue ...

After receiving letter, agency rules that tech giant can’t suppress vote

ADF attorneys representing First Choice Women’s Resource Centers sue state official for unconstitutional subpoena

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Thursday

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday not to hear Tingley v. Ferguson, a case challenging Washington state’s counseling censorship law: “We’re disappointed that Washington’s Counseling Censorship Law will continue to prevent many people from getting the help they need. The law clearly violates the First Amendment by censoring counselors like Brian, and that ultimately hurts his clients. Washington forces counselors to tell their clients that there ...

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Wednesday

ADF attorneys represent Cedar Park Church in second appeal at 9th Circuit

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman, director of regulatory practice, regarding a public comment ADF attorneys submitted Wednesday to the Office of Management and Budget. The public comment urges the agency to eliminate language in a proposed guidance for grants that would harm faith-based recipients of federal programs and to restore language that specifically protects free speech and religious liberty: “Ejecting faith-based groups from programs such as foster care and adoption will lead to fewer children served. Yet that is exactly ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Vice President of Litigation Strategy and Center for Conscience Initiatives Jonathan Scruggs regarding a formal comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday with the U.S. Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, urging it to withdraw a proposed rule that will deter families from fostering children and will make it harder to place children with capable, loving parents: “Vulnerable children in America’s foster care system are urgently in need of loving families to care ...