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… a city ordinance that would have punished them for not performing same-sex wedding ceremonies. Written by … happen. “If same-sex marriage becomes legal, pastors won’t be forced to perform same-sex weddings.” Yet this is what … the ordinance against the Hitching Post. In addition, ADF secured a judgment that compensated the couple for some …

… ministerial exception allows religious organizations to be able to make employment decisions for ministers without … values and will carry them out. This is just as true, if not more so, for religious institutions. If religious beliefs … the employee in question (a teacher named Cheryl Perich) should be considered a minister: “Hosanna-Tabor held Perich …

… with the civic center, town officials denied the request. Not only that, but in May, the town council changed the civic … be too much to ask.   Case timeline August 2018 : ADF filed a lawsuit  against the town of Edisto Beach. … an agreement  to end the lawsuit.   Outcome The government should never be permitted to bar people of faith from …

… August 10, 2023 University campuses are supposed to be places where ideas are debated and diverse views are … prefer to banish from campus any views they do not approve. That is exactly what happened at the University … Constitution and threaten the rights of student groups, ADF attorneys amended the lawsuit to challenge the new …

… Corban University, and William Jessup University were not content to sit by and let that happen. Hunter v. U.S. … marriage and human sexuality. REAP’s lawsuit would have forced religious schools to either abandon their beliefs or … SoulForce, is to “Sabotage Christian Supremacy.”  ADF intervened in this lawsuit on behalf of Phoenix Seminary, …

… for the first time to check a box certifying that they “do not discriminate in [their] employment practices, vendor … The First Amendment ensures that organizations cannot be excluded from benefits available to the public simply … In Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer (another ADF case), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such religious …

… Stand Protected Students Across the Country Students should have the freedom to gather and pray without fear of … and state.” But this was a student-led time of prayer—not any kind of official school event. And attending this … step on campus. Chase’s school administrators needed to be reminded of this. Eventually, the school agreed to settle …

… protects many types of free speech, including the right to support political candidates financially. But one state … v. Hebdon At the time the group filed its lawsuit with ADF’s help in 2015, Alaska limited donations from an … had contribution limits of $500 or less per election, not per year. Even in these states, the limits only applied …

… freedom of speech receives extra protection. But that’s not the reality. Many colleges and universities set aside an … But the freedom of speech isn’t like a virus that needs to be quarantined to prevent it from spreading. Nor is it like a … groups who have run into the same problem. Thankfully, the ADF Center for Academic Freedom has a 100% success rate in …

… (passed in 1972 to combat sex discrimination in education) should also include SOGI, even though sex had no such meaning … capacity.” The irony of such a statement seems to be lost on the ACLU. These bills could hardly be called … at one point remarking, “When biological differences are not related to the activity in question, sex-based …