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  • … 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
  • … 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 …
  • … 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 …
  • … SCOTUS Now Has a Chance to Protect Women's Sports The Supreme Court should make it … laws protecting women’s sports, and Alliance Defending Freedom is now asking the Supreme Court to affirm that female …
  • … with should be an alarm bell for every American. In a  string of posts on X , U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) … might be working with law enforcement to flag them as a "threat" for shopping at Cabelas or buying “religious texts.” … we call on the Court  to protect against the state of New York’s indirect weaponization of the financial industry …
  • … Coach Kennedy's personal prayer of gratitude at the end of a football game is protected under the First Amendment both … games. Win or lose, he takes a knee at the 50-yard line to privately thank God for his players, what they have … to avoid violating the Establishment Clause? In the 2014 case McCullen v. Coakley , which Alliance Defending …
  • … Obergefell v. Hodges , in which the Court invented a constitutional “right” to same-sex marriage. Using this … Let’s be clear: the religious freedom “protections” in the new version of the Respect for Marriage Act are nothing more … 47 Republicans, many of whom likely did not appreciate the threat it posed to religious liberty, voted in favor of the …