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ADF attorneys represent couple, their video production company, who don’t want govt to force them to tell stories that violate their beliefs

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Paul Schmitt regarding an emergency injunction issued Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that prohibits Vermont officials from discriminating against students who attend religious high schools in the state’s Town Tuition Program. The program provides students who live in towns without public high schools tuition funds to use at a private school of their choice, but it has barred students and their families from using their benefit at religious private schools: “People of faith deserve ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Jake Warner regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s decision Friday to grant a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit A.H. v. French (formerly A.M. v. French, and not to be confused by a separate case with the same name) that stops Vermont officials from excluding religious-school students from the state’s Dual Enrollment Program, which had allowed public, private secular, and home-school students to enroll at not cost to them in two college courses before graduating high school but denies that ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Zack Pruitt regarding a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ final rule issued Thursday that eliminates a federal regulation from the previous administration that forced child welfare providers to abandon their deeply held religious beliefs to continue receiving federal funding to serve children in need: “Every child deserves a chance to be raised in a loving home. There are hundreds of thousands of children in the foster care system, many of whom are eligible for adoption. Faith-based adoption and ...

High court protects the rights of citizens interacting with public officials on social media and the rights of officials engaged in private speech

Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act receives backing of female athletes, medical experts, feminists, federal govt, 14 states