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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding the Indiana Legislature’s override Tuesday of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s veto of HB 1041, a bill that protects athletic opportunities for the state’s female athletes below the collegiate level: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. We are grateful to the Indiana Legislature for responding to the nationwide threat to fairness in women’s sports by overriding Gov. Holcomb’s misguided veto of HB 1041. While more work must be done to protect Indiana’s female athletes in ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of U.S. Litigation David Cortman regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday in Tandon v. Newsom to halt California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 order that limits religious gatherings to three households inside of personal residences while allowing more than three households to gather in other comparable venues: “With this fifth rejection of California’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious exercise, the Supreme Court has made abundantly clear that the government has a duty to respect ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer regarding Gov. Kay Ivey’s signing Tuesday of HB 261, a bill that extends the state’s existing protections for K-12 female athletes to women in college, ensuring they are not forced to compete against males playing on collegiate women’s sports teams: “Women and girls deserve to compete on a level playing field. A college freshman losing a spot on the team to a male athlete is just as unfair and harmful as when it happens to a high school senior. That is why we must protect fairness for girls in ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Caleb Dalton regarding the University of Texas at Arlington’s decision to rescind a $28,600 charge that officials had unconstitutionally billed Turning Point USA to cover security for two small campus events. ADF sent a letter to UTA officials two weeks ago requesting they rescind the charge because they violated TPUSA’s First Amendment rights when they illegitimately charged the student group the high security fees following their events: “Charging more than $28,000 for two small events is prohibitively ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp regarding Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto Friday of H.B. 68, the Saving Ohio Adolescents from Experimentation Act, legislation designed to protect parents and children from the pressure and administration of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and identity-driven surgeries for minors. The bill includes the Save Women’s Sports Act, which requires single-sex teams and sports at schools, state institutions of education, and private colleges: “Gov. DeWine betrayed Ohio’s children, women, and families by ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, director of the ADF Center for Parental Rights, regarding a formal comment ADF submitted Wednesday in support of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposed education policies that ensure respect for the role of parents in directing the education and health care of their children: “Parents are the primary caregivers of their children and are in the best position to know what’s best for their own kids’ education and health care needs. Government officials and school administrators can’t usurp the role ...

… help the less fortunate.  Real people would have suffered if the atheists’ lawsuit would have been allowed to move … help the less fortunate.  Real people would have suffered if the atheists’ lawsuit would have been allowed to move …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Vincent Wagner regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Wednesday on behalf of a Wisconsin mother with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Doe v. Bethel Local School District Board of Education, a case in which a school district adopted a policy that allows students to access private spaces according to gender identity—rather than sex—without any public discussion or vote: “Parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, and healthcare of their children. School ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on behalf of Christian Employers Alliance in Pritchard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois. A district court judge misinterpreted a provision in the Affordable Care Act to force health insurance plans to cover dangerous procedures that deny biological reality and seek to alter a person’s body to match their gender identity: “Those struggling ...

Town of Gilbert amends sign code but perpetuates discrimination against churches; ADF amends lawsuit on behalf of church