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… brought countless challenges that even the wisest among us could have hardly predicted. It was nearly one year ago … the last year, I have been heartened by the faith of our ADF clients. Michael Farris Over the last year, I have been heartened by the faith of our ADF clients. In nearly every circumstance, they have endured …

… Justice Amy Coney Barrett's recent confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court is truly momentous and a cause for celebration. … a lawyer can be lonely. There simply haven't been many of us living at the intersection of these identities. It's …

… Washington, D.C. ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit against the city of Washington, … Allied Attorney Bill Becker successfully defended the free speech rights of a Portland State University graduate student …

… pledge from district officials to respect students’ free speech rights. Later that day, she sent Lydia’s principal, … Booth Someone recommended Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) to the Booths, as a group that might come to their …

… crucial points, Widmalm-Delphonse says. “One, freedom of speech. They’re asking applicants to speak the state’s … Creative v. Elenis . In that case — successfully argued by ADF attorneys last year — the High Court held that the state … Widmalm-Delphonse says, the state’s actions undercut the free exercise of religion. “They’re excluding Christians, as …

… resources department of a local hospital, pouring her free time into Jonah, church, and volunteer work alongside … of business. It’s a law that explicitly targets the free speech of pro-life pregnancy centers like Branches, and it’s … overturning Roe ,” says Julia Payne, legal counsel with ADF’s Center for Life. “Lawmakers often accuse pregnancy …

… were allegedly necessary. She was given no chance to defend herself. She was simply told that any interaction with … as well as Maggie’s constitutionally protected right of free speech. A few weeks later, a number of art therapy … observed. I was really surprised,” says Tyson Langhofer, ADF senior counsel and director of the ministry’s Center for …

… undergraduate studies on the West Coast, the idea that one Supreme Court decision could obliterate state-level protections for …

… Home School Legal Defense Association. Smith, along with ADF President and CEO Michael Farris, founded HSLDA in 1983 … your child, you couldn’t homeschool. I was able to legally defend our right to homeschool. Then other homeschooling … families started to reach out to me, asking, “Can you help us? Because we’re being told that if we continue this, …

… Alfred’s curiosity. He decided to visit it on his next free Sunday. Principal Terrence Fleming believes in teaching … willing to take on the case himself, but he suggested that ADF might be even better positioned to do so. He made a call. … ‘For every religious school: You don't have to write us to request an exemption letter. We're just going to …