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  • … This Photographer Made It Clear: Censorship Is Not a Virginia Value  Photographer Bob Updegrove challenged the … consequences, this law threatened artists with censorship, fines, and even closure of their businesses if they wouldn’t … for events of all kinds. Bob captures photos for churches, schools, businesses, conferences, families and …
  • … ADF Still Seeking to Uphold Women’s Sports in West Virginia Soccer player Lainey Armistead intervened in a lawsuit to defend fairness in women’s sports in West Virginia. Written by Alliance Defending Freedom Published … December 20, 2023 Along with several other states, West Virginia is taking a stand to make sure women and girls have …
  • … More Young Women Sidelined While West Virginia Sports Law on Hold Female athletes in West Virginia are losing opportunities to compete and win after an … the reason Alliance Defending Freedom is defending a West Virginia law that ensures equal opportunities for female …
  • … Major Victory: Court Revives Lawsuit of Virginia Teacher Fired Over Compelled Pronouns Peter Vlaming, a high school French teacher in Virginia, was fired for respectfully declining to use … for a female student because it would contradict his core beliefs. This was about more than just pronouns; it was about …
  • … In Targeting a Christian School for Its Beliefs, the Government Is Harming Low-Income Students A … hardship for a small private school like Bethel. Bethel Ministries v. Salmon Bethel Christian Academy had … children Bethel serves. Case timeline June 2019 : Bethel Ministries, with the help of ADF, filed a federal lawsuit …
  • … This Volunteer Chaplain Was Fired—For His Christian Beliefs Dr. Andrew Fox was fired from his position as … a volunteer Christian chaplain fired for his Christian beliefs? That’s right. Dr. Andrew Fox, who served as lead … realized that he was being asked to explicitly recant his beliefs. But that was something he could not do. Nonetheless, …
  • … be able to hire people who believe and adhere its biblical beliefs. Mike Johnson, the Mission’s CEO and a former Army … .” One of the justices even labeled hiring practices by ministries like the Mission as a “license to discriminate.” … Ryan Tucker , director of the ADF Center for Christian Ministries. “We are urging the 9th Circuit to allow the …
  • … Music Teacher Forced Out for His Religious Beliefs John Kluge was forced to resign from his job as an orchestra teacher because of his religious beliefs. Written by Alliance Defending Freedom Published … as an elder, a worship leader, and the head of youth ministries at his church. Because of this faith, John holds …
  • … hiring only those who share and live out their religious beliefs. Written by Alliance Defending Freedom Published … to hire people who don’t agree with its foundational beliefs or risk punishment by the state.   What is Yakima … Everything the mission does is guided by its Christian beliefs. Its Christian beliefs drive its acts of service, …
  • … School Tells Christian Teacher to ‘Put Her Beliefs Aside’ Vivian Geraghty was forced to resign because … from speaking in a way that would violate her religious beliefs. Written by Alliance Defending Freedom Published … as a condition of employment—and she shouldn’t have to according to the First Amendment. The school officials …