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Schools that implement ‘gender support plans’ harm students, parents, teachers, and other staff members.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Chris Schandevel regarding the Iowa Supreme Court’s deadlocked order Friday in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds. That result, with the justices split 3-3 on how to resolve the case, leaves in place a lower state court’s 2019 injunction that is preventing Iowa’s fetal heartbeat law from taking effect: “States have the strongest possible interest in protecting the most fundamental of our human rights—the right to life. Iowans are eager to affirm that life is a human right, which is why the ...

Who is Liam? As a middle-school student in Middleborough, Massachusetts, Liam was punished by the school for wearing a t-shirt that says, “There are only two genders.” Why what happened to Liam matters Students don’t forfeit their free speech when they walk into school. It’s not just about a shirt—it’s about government officials telling a middle-schooler that he can’t say something that’s important to him just because they disapprove of what he said. That’s not freedom. If the government can censor Liam, it can censor any student about any subject. The school’s actions are illegal All students ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s signing Thursday of SB 15, a bill that extends the state’s existing protections for K-12 female athletes to women in college, ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on collegiate women’s sports teams: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field at every grade level. Alliance Defending Freedom represents collegiate athletes across the country who personally experienced disappointment and loss when males were permitted to ...

ADF files suit for censoring Christian club’s flier as too ‘religious’

How we spend our time matters. Just as the culture is dedicating time to Pride Month, we must dedicate time to the good, the true, and the beautiful.

Dayspring Christian Learning Center and the Church of Compassion were targeted for their beliefs on gender and sexuality.

ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Tuesday

Help ensure your constitutional rights always have a strong legal defense. DONATE NOW The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear the latest case against cake artist Jack Phillips and his Masterpiece Cakeshop. Will you help fuel his defense? In the third lawsuit targeting Jack and his business, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment punishing Jack for not designing a custom pink-and-blue cake celebrating a gender transition that an activist attorney requested. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys appealed that decision to the state’s high court, which will hear the case. But we ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s signing Wednesday of SB 39, a bill that protects athletic opportunities for female athletes from grade school to college by ensuring they are not forced to compete against men playing on women’s sports teams: “Girls deserve equal opportunities to experience the thrill of victory. We commend Missouri for becoming the 22nd state to ensure women and girls can compete on a level playing field. The increasing incidents nationwide of males dominating girls’ ...