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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Monday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Garrick v. Moody Bible Institute in support of the legally and constitutionally protected freedom of religious institutions to make employment decisions in accordance with their beliefs: “America is made up of a diverse religious landscape, and our laws protect the freedom of all Americans to practice according to their beliefs. This is true of ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit’s decision Friday to vacate its opinion against the religious accommodation of Indiana high school music teacher John Kluge in Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation and send the case back to district court to be reconsidered in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Groff v. DeJoy: “Federal law protects employees’ ability to live and work according to their religious beliefs. Yet ...

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Friday

ADF attorneys representing Masterpiece Cakeshop cake artist ask state high court to uphold First Amendment rights of all artists

State of Colorado latest to jump on bandwagon with demonstrably false statements about landmark civil rights case

High court affirms that First Amendment protects Americans from government-mandated speech in 303 Creative v. Elenis

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision Friday in 303 Creative v. Elenis, which upheld free speech for all Americans: “The U.S. Supreme Court rightly reaffirmed that the government can’t force Americans to say things they don’t believe. The court reiterated that it’s unconstitutional for the state to eliminate from the public square ideas it dislikes, including the belief that marriage is the union of husband and wife. Disagreement isn’t discrimination, and the ...

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 Thursday in Groff v. DeJoy to uphold meaningful religious accommodations in the workplace for employees of all faiths: “Federal law protects employees’ ability to live and work according to their religious beliefs. Employers must provide reasonable accommodations for employees’ religious practice unless doing so imposes undue hardships on their operations. For too long, that duty had been erased by a misguided court ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the U.S. Congress’s reintroduction Wednesday of the deceptively named “Equality Act,” legislation that threatens religious freedom, fairness and safety for women and girls, and the ability of everyday Americans to live in alignment with their beliefs: “Our nation’s laws should respect the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of every American citizen. The deceptively named ‘Equality Act’ hides behind promises of tolerance and empowerment, but, in practice, it ...

ADF attorneys represent Darren Patterson Christian Academy