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… to all these questions is no. Religious freedom allows for human flourishing.   What is religious freedom? In 2010, … Founders understood that the best way to honor the place of faith in the lives of our people was to protect their … unfairness of men competing in women’s sports . When the city asked him to apologize for his views and recant, Dr. Fox …

… 2023 Editor’s note: The following piece is an  adaptation  of written testimony presented to the House Oversight and … road ahead. She might get fired by her employer for being pregnant, leaving her with no financial resources … about her pregnancy was still in its infancy, and care for difficult pregnancies was virtually non-existent. She …

… 14, 2023 Imagine a prospective employee applying to work for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). A PETA employee decides to interview the … employ people who do not share that vision. That’s why ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit challenging New York’s law on …

… The MED Act: Why We Must Preserve Rights of Conscience for Medical Professionals The MED Act allows … an operating nurse at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, she made it clear that she could not participate in …

… Are Threatening First Amendment Freedoms ADF's Center for Academic Freedom defends the First Amendment rights of students, student organizations, and faculty members at … agreed to a settlement and paid nominal damages and attorneys’ fees totaling over $800,000.   Bernadette Tasy …

… Supreme Court Hears Case of High School Football Coach Punished for Prayer High school football coach Joe Kennedy was fired … is off-limits, what other speech is? As Coach Kennedy’s attorneys wrote in their brief to the Supreme Court, “If the …

… tried to force pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise for abortions . But you might not know that some state … state officials agreed to pay $1,400,000 toward the attorneys’ fees for the four churches. Case timeline August … ruling as well as the Supreme Court’s ruling in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia in 2021. May 2023 : The federal district …

… Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of an elementary school student and her parents after school … And they certainly can’t single out religious speech for worse treatment than other types of speech. On top of … teaching to students.” Case timeline November 2020 : ADF attorneys filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Lydia Booth …

… Supreme Court Justice Right to Warn of Dangers in Dismissing Jurors for Their Faith The case at issue involves a woman who … Imagine if, “to err on the side of caution,” we allowed attorneys and judges to exclude groups of Americans from …

… in the ’70s but was stopped in its tracks, and for good reason. It was largely American women who campaigned … realized the amendment would have unleashed a cascade of government actions that would harm women. This included … danger that “sex” becomes meaningless, opening the door for men who identify as women to compete in—and …