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- April 10, 2023He’s been called names, received death threats, been compared to Nazis and slaveholders, and been dragged into court again and again. All because he wants to say what he believes without fear of government punishment. But let’s back up. Jack is a cake artist in Colorado. As the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, he gladly serves all people. And like most artists, he always decides whether to create a custom cake based on what message it will express, never who requests it. For this, Colorado officials tried to punish Jack all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court. They wanted to force Jack to say ...
- May 8, 2023Paige Casey is a young Catholic nurse practitioner. For years, she faithfully served her community, working at a local CVS MinuteClinic. When she was hired, she made her employer aware that her religious beliefs prevented her from prescribing or dispensing abortifacients. CVS accommodated her religious conviction for three-and-a-half years and didn’t require her to administer any life-ending drugs. But in 2022, CVS told Paige it would no longer accommodate her religious freedom. And they fired her for religious beliefs against facilitating abortion—just two days after she earned a performance ...
- March 14, 2023Alliance Defending Freedom is suing CVS. Why? Because the corporation illegally fired Paige Casey, a Catholic woman who refused to back down on her religious beliefs.
- June 12, 2023Help ensure your constitutional rights always have a strong legal defense. DONATE NOW The Colorado Court of Appeals just punished Jack for not designing a custom pink-and-blue cake celebrating a gender transition that an activist attorney requested. Alliance Defending Freedom will appeal the decision. When will it end? After ten years, Jack Phillips is still fighting for his right to speak freely. Even though the State of Colorado abandoned its prosecution of the cake artist, a local attorney is now going after Jack in civil court. What’s happened to Jack is a blatant of example of activists ...
- April 25, 2023… be forced to comply with mandates from gender activists forcing them to violate their beliefs. But that’s what’s …
- April 10, 2023It’s costly to tell the truth today. It can cost you your reputation, your livelihood, and even friends and family. But far greater is the cost of not standing up to these lies. They threaten not only our integrity and ability to live by our beliefs, but the future we will hand on to our children. Across the country, there are government efforts underway to force people to lie and speak against their beliefs. When the government tells you what you can and cannot say, it not only violates free speech rights, but it also teaches the next generation what is and isn’t acceptable to say. A ...
- March 26, 2023The threats to religious freedom are growing fast. But Alliance Defending Freedom has been defending religious freedom for over 29 years, and with 14 victories at the Supreme Court just since 2011, we’re working to secure freedom’s future for all Americans—the freedom of religion and free speech not just for ourselves, but for future generations as well. That’s because the right to live out your faith doesn’t end at your doorstep, even as some government officials and activists are trying to force you to keep it at home. As one supporter recently said, “I didn’t know you existed, but you’ve ...
- March 14, 2023Help ensure your constitutional rights always have a strong legal defense.
- May 30, 2023Who is Liam? Liam is a 12-year-old student at Nichols Middle School in Middleborough, Massachusetts. He 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 7th grader that he can’t say something that’s important to him. That’s not freedom. If the government can censor Liam, who can’t it censor? The School’s Actions are Illegal All students have the constitutional right to express their ...
- May 1, 2023Help fuel our ability to defend your religious freedom rights DONATE NOW The College of the Ozarks is a religious school in Missouri that aims to provide a Christian education to all its students. The school wants to develop citizens of Christ-like character who are well-educated, hard-working, and patriotic. But a Biden administration policy would FORCE religious schools like College of the Ozarks to open their dormitories—including shared shower spaces—to members of the opposite sex, even if it violates their beliefs. The college is taking a stand to say: The government doesn’t belong in our ...