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… Court heard in December, presents similar legal issues to ADF’s case A.H. v. French. Written by Paul Schmitt … the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the First Amendment.   How does Carson v. Makin relate to ADF's French cases? Carson …

… Revised September 19, 2022 One of the biggest obstacles to religious liberty that I have seen in my years litigating … were familiar with established state churches and how they used the coercive power of the state to compel … hours. ADF fought this case over a 20-year period (1995-2015). New York City public schools allowed private groups …

… by private and government actors pose a serious threat to everyone’s freedom of speech and religion. Written by … that Donald Trump stumbled and introduced a “new term” to the debate called “de-banking.” What followed was a rather … and threats of fines to punish the group for its Second Amendment advocacy.  This is not an isolated incident. A …

… the freedom of speech one of the most important liberties to protect. Written by Tyson Langhofer Published January 11, … the freedom of speech.” The Founding Fathers understood how important it is to allow every citizen to speak freely, … protections in the United States. Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015) Pastor Clyde Reed of Good News Community Church relied …

… marriage as a union between one man and one woman. In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a constitutional … chaplain position for what he wrote on his personal blog.   Christian fire chaplain It’s not just private … as a volunteer fire chaplain, has experienced firsthand how some governments attempt to quell dissenters. Dr. Fox …

… Parents, Not the Government, Have the Right to Raise Their Children Parents’ rights to direct the … to their daughter without their knowledge or consent. How did this happen? The Meads were involved in their … rights? The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the 14th Amendment protects parental rights. And the Court has …

… those in the pro-life legal movement have had one goal: to overturn Roe v. Wade . Last week’s decision at the U.S. … in Gonzales because it “blurs the line” of viability. How are states such as Mississippi supposed to understand the … continually frustrated state lawmakers, who had no idea how courts may use the ambiguous standard to evaluate the …

… may hurt, but treating speech as ‘violence’ only leads to less speech and more violence. Written by Neal Hardin … the freedom of speech , including Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015), NIFLA v. Becerra (2018), and 303 Creative v. Elenis … to recapture as a culture: while we can’t always choose how words make us feel in the moment, we always have a choice …

… Religious Schools Free to Protect Life The so-called ‘birth control mandate’ … Geneva College. HHS appealed both rulings. February 2015 : The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit reversed … College had not shown that HHS had violated RFRA. July 2015 : The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit …

… Washington State Wants to Force This Church to Pay for Abortions As a result of a … to control what churches teach, where they worship, and how they exercise their religious freedom. Some government officials put the First Amendment on hold and treated churches worse than secular …