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… May 21, 2024 In 2012, the state of Missouri instituted a program that provided grants to qualifying organizations to … else merely because they are religious. Let’s look at the details of this case. Trinity Lutheran Church was denied a … for a motion for reconsideration but was denied. February 2014 : ADF appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th …

… Freedom Published May 31, 2023 Revised July 7, 2023 When a pair of attorneys named Morris Dees and Joe Levin founded … SPLC staffer Bob Moser suggested in an article for The New Yorker that Dees had another motive. As Moser put it, … them of hatred. Its “Hatewatch” project “monitors and exposes the activities of the American radical right.” The …

… Hospital Forced Catholic Nurse to Participate in Abortion Cathy DeCarlo was forced to … one reason: to help others. She had already experienced a traumatic event in her own life, and in its aftermath, she … decided she wanted to become a nurse. She moved to New York to further her nursing career, and in 2004, she was …

… Revised September 19, 2022 One of the biggest obstacles to religious liberty that I have seen in my years litigating … of the Establishment Clause manifested in the Lemon Test, a three-part test concocted by the Supreme Court in the 1971 …   The Lemon Test In 1971, the Supreme Court devised a new test for evaluating government actions that might violate …

… nearly 100 years ago, the Equal Rights Amendment appeared to be nearing ratification in the ’70s but was stopped in its … lawmakers realized the amendment would have unleashed a cascade of government actions that would harm women. This … for abortions. For example, ERAs in some states, including New Mexico and Connecticut, have been used by courts to …

… Alliance Defending Freedom represents people free of charge, but we can’t do it without your help. Your gift of $100 to the Freedom Fund will help Alliance Defending Freedom … ready when your rights are threatened. You know we are in a fight for our fundamental freedoms. Right now, churches are …

… The ministerial exception allows religious organizations to be able to make employment decisions for ministers without … in the “employment relationship existing between … a church and its minister would result in an encroachment by … we are set free in Christ to think critically, engage new ideas and pursue truth.” Because the Christian faith is …

… Court heard in December, presents similar legal issues to ADF’s case A.H. v. French. Written by Paul Schmitt Published April 21, … the state of Maine cannot exclude students who attend religious schools from a government program in which they are …

… Defending Freedom is on the front lines protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental … rights, and the sanctity of life. We are committed to ensuring people, like you, who stand for faith and freedom … religious freedom, free speech, the opportunity to have a married mother and father, and the right to direct the …

… the Supreme Court, its legal fight continues. Let’s take a look at the details of this case. What is the March for Life Education … the mandate and won at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014. March for Life also filed a lawsuit against the mandate …