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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp regarding Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s decision to sign the Student Religious Liberties Act, HB 164, a bill to protect freedom of religious expression and right of students to pray in public schools: “Students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate. Ohio’s Student Religious Liberties Act protects students’ right to express their religious beliefs and ensures that schools can’t punish or give students a poor grade simply because they choose to express a religious viewpoint when ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ final rule announced Friday implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits covered health programs or activities from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, and sex. HHS is replacing a 2016 rule that wrongly interpreted “sex” to include gender identity and termination of pregnancy. “Word choice in federal legislation is significant and Congress has consistently used the ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding a call issued Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union and various female athletes for the NCAA to move its 2021 Men’s Basketball Championship from Idaho because the state passed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act that prevents males from competing in women’s sports: “It’s profoundly ironic and deeply disappointing that a few female athletes—women who have clearly benefited from the athletic opportunities protected by Title IX—are now advocating to abolish female-only sports ...

… Other notable examples of debanking include the Arkansas Family Council and the pro-life Christian nonprofit Ruth … ADF represented the National Institute of Life and Family Advocates in challenging these requirements, and in …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s statement of interest filed in federal district court Friday in support of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, a newly enacted law that protects female athletes from being forced to compete against males who identify as female: “We commend the DOJ for supporting a level playing field for female athletes. Idaho passed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act because it seeks to protect equal athletic opportunities for girls and women across Idaho ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to uphold Montana’s tuition tax credit program in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Ryan Tucker, director of the ADF Center for Christian Ministries, regarding ADF’s appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on behalf of Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, a Nevada church challenging Gov. Steve Sisolak’s church gathering ban that allows casinos, restaurants, theme parks, and gyms to operate at 50% capacity but restricts churches to gatherings of 50 or fewer people: “If crowds of hundreds to thousands of people can meet in casinos for hours to play the slots or blackjack, then ...

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… over language—whether it be in terms of pronouns , marriage, life, or other fundamental concepts. If we permit …

… religious freedom, the importance of the nuclear family, and Judeo-Christian conceptions of morality—as … that minorities could not live in big houses. This girl’s family is from Panama, and her parents, Carlos and Tatiana … have no business instructing kids to believe that their family’s heritage and their own racial identity are …