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ADF files supplemental brief to lawsuit against Obama administration

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley regarding the city of Houston’s preliminary response Friday to an ADF motion to quash the city’s request for the sermons and communications of pastors in Woodfill v. Parker: “The city of Houston still doesn’t get it. It thinks that by changing nothing in its subpoenas other than to remove the word ‘sermons’ that it has solved the problem. That solves nothing. Even though the pastors are not parties in this lawsuit, the subpoenas still demand from them 17 different categories of information – ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Litigation Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the unsupported claim that the city of Houston is “backing off” or “narrowing” its subpoena request for the sermons and communications of pastors in Woodfill v. Parker: “The shame that the city of Houston has brought upon itself is real, but the claim that it has changed course is not. The city so far has taken no concrete action to withdraw the subpoenas. Furthermore, the subpoenas themselves are the problem – not just their request for pastors’ sermons. The city is not off the ...

ADF files suit against school district that censored Pa. 1st grader's John 3:16 valentine

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley regarding Houston Mayor Annise D. Parker’s decision Wednesday to withdraw the subpoena of sermons and other communications belonging to several area pastors in a lawsuit in which the pastors are not even involved: “The mayor really had no choice but to withdraw these subpoenas, which should never have been served in the first place. The entire nation--voices from every point of the spectrum left to right--recognize the city's action as a gross abuse of power. We are gratified that the First ...

School district that censored Pa. 1st grader's John 3:16 valentine settles

ADF attorney available for media interviews immediately following hearing

ADF attorney available to media following oral arguments Wednesday

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom President, CEO, and General Counsel Michael Farris regarding guidance on religious freedom that the U.S. Department of Justice issued Friday as directed by an executive order President Trump signed in May. Mr. Farris was one of the drafters of the original Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA). “All Americans should have the freedom to peacefully live and work consistent with their faith without fear of government punishment. The guidance that the Trump administration issued today helps protect that First Amendment ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom President, CEO, and General Counsel Michael Farris in response to Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., mischaracterizing the work of ADF and its defense of religious freedom during a Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing Wednesday: “It is deeply regrettable that Sen. Franken is misinformed about our work on behalf of religious freedom, something so ‘extreme’ that even seven justices of the U.S. Supreme Court agreed with our position three months ago in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer. There is a real danger of ...