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Press conference Wednesday following Bank of America annual shareholder meeting

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Public Policy, regarding Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s signing of a landmark bill prohibiting discriminatory de-banking. Tennessee’s law prohibits major financial institutions like nationally chartered banks with at least $100 billion in assets, along with major insurance providers, from discriminating against otherwise qualified customers because of their political or religious views, speech, or affiliations. ADF attorneys had urged state lawmakers to adopt the legislation ...

Kansas AG spearheads multistate letter calling on financial giant to prevent viewpoint discrimination against customers, provide transparency via ADF Business Index

Multiple groups support lawsuit challenging fees 18 times higher for noncommercial Christian radio stations than NPR stations

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, regarding a proposed friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Wednesday on behalf of Young America’s Foundation, Manhattan Institute, and Southeastern Legal Foundation with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Do No Harm v. Pfizer. In this case, the district court and the 2nd Circuit panel forced Do No Harm, a national association of medical professionals, students, patients, and policymakers working to protect the health care ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Public Policy, regarding West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s signing Friday of SB 503, a bill to protect the First Amendment rights of student organizations at public universities: “Universities should encourage freedom of speech and religion, not shut it down. That includes safeguarding the ability of belief-based student organizations to associate with those who align with the organization’s mission and purpose. We wouldn’t require a Democrat club to select a registered ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Gov. Brad Little’s signing Thursday of S 1352, a bill that strengthens existing law to ensure that counselors and therapists are not forced to counsel clients towards goals, outcomes, or behaviors that violate their conscience: “Everyone is served best when counselors and therapists can put their client’s best interest first. To do that, our laws should guarantee that counselors are not forced to provide counseling that conflicts with their sincerely held religious beliefs or that the ...

ADF attorneys representing 71Five Ministries file motion asking for approval of grant funding for at-risk youth programs

High court protects the rights of citizens interacting with public officials on social media and the rights of officials engaged in private speech

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Senior Vice President of Corporate Engagement Jeremy Tedesco regarding documents procured by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government which reveal that, as part of its efforts to urge financial institutions to monitor their customers to identify domestic threats, the U.S. Department of the Treasury shared a list of “hate groups” published by the hyper-partisan Institute for Strategic Dialogue. The list includes ADF and numerous other mainstream ...