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… Can a Court Dictate How a Christian College Carries Out Its … Gordon College, a Christian college in Massachusetts, is asking the courts to uphold its religious freedom. Written … ruled against Gordon College’s ability to do just that. In 2016, an associate professor named Margaret DeWeese-Boyd was …

… 2023 The plight of Brian Tingley ( Tingley v. Ferguson ), a licensed counselor who has been practicing in Washington … 2018, Washington passed a Counseling Censorship Law that allows government officials to censor private … the only state seeking to censor licensed counselors. In Colorado, ADF is litigating a similar case on behalf of …

… How OSHA Withdrew Its COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate ADF opposed … Just weeks after the Biden administration said that a national vaccine mandate was “not the role of the federal … OSHA had no authority under the Constitution or federal law to issue this mandate and tell private businesses and …

… 9, 2022 Revised August 18, 2023 What is “conscience”? It’s a word we’re all familiar with—a clear conscience, a guilty … between one man and one woman. But Lorie lives in Colorado. And Colorado was trying to misuse one of its laws … believes in the importance of a free conscience. That’s how it should be. Every American has the right to speak …

… Professionals: Violate Your Conscience or Violate the Law ADF is challenging SB 1564, an Illinois law that would … the government be allowed to force someone to express a message they have strong moral objections to? Most … help to those in need. What does Illinois SB 1564 do? In 2016, Illinois enacted SB 1564, an amendment to the Illinois …

… ADF General Counsel Kristen Waggoner Harassed at Yale Law School Event Listen to audio of Yale law student … without being shouted down, and the event proved that a culture of free speech can flourish with civil debate   Time will tell if the school administration is committed to this change, but Kristen’s return visit to …

… Freedom Published November 18, 2020 Revised August 29, 2023 During significant protest activity in Washington, … to the unjust arrest of two students. Read more about the details of this case below. Student advocates were arrested … from SFLA and the Frederick Douglass Foundation share how they were treated by government officials:   Photo …

… How One Fifth-Grader Wouldn’t Let His School Stop Him From … Christian Faith   Brian Hickman just wanted to dance to a Christian song at his school’s talent show. He ended up … Christian music, something he learned to do at church. Who is Brian Hickman? Brian had spent weeks preparing for his Los …

… he promoted in his State of the Union address tell a different story. Written by Gregory S. Baylor Published … from invoking the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the law designed to restrain the government’s power to burden a … senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Religious Schools and …

… and Evelyn Knapp, owners of the Hitching Post, challenged a city ordinance that would have punished them for not … and gender identity to its public-accommodation law. And right on cue, just days after same-sex marriage … Post would not be prosecuted under the ordinance. March 2016 : A federal court issued  a motion-to-dismiss decision …