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Gender theory is harming children and poisoning our culture. It’s just that simple. From the classrooms to the playing fields to adoption policy, gender theory seeks to distort the clear truth and is undermining one of the most foundational realities of what it means to be human: the fact that we are each created male or female. Alliance Defending Freedom is on the front lines, pushing back against gender theory in the culture and in the courtroom. We’re challenging policies like “gender transition” plans that mislead and deceive parents about the care of their children. And policies that ...

… your freedoms and values in the process. Through many lawsuits and legal actions, Alliance Defending Freedom is …

Coach David Bloch has given so much to the snowboarding program at Woodstock Union High School (WUHS) in Vermont. As the founder of the program, he has invested countless hours in student athletes. But none of that mattered when Coach Bloch respectfully shared his beliefs regarding gender with two athletes—and became the latest American punished for acknowledging biological reality. Before a competition pitting the WUHS girls’ snowboarding team against a team that included a male, two student athletes were discussing the issue. Coach Bloch overheard the conversation and simply spoke to the ...

… of religious schools. Now that she is back in this role, ADF will be watching closely to see if Ms. Lhamon decides to … fundamental freedoms of students and religious schools, ADF will remain steadfast in our commitment to advocate for … of religious schools. Now that she is back in this role, ADF will be watching closely to see if Ms. Lhamon decides to …

… it once provided to women using high-risk abortion drugs. ADF is holding the FDA accountable for its flagrant disregard … are facing unwarranted investigations from the state’s attorney general, who is demanding that they turn over … because the organizations do not perform abortions. ADF is taking action to protect the freedom of these …

Tens of thousands of children throughout the country need loving and stable families. But the United States is currently facing a shortage of loving foster care and adoptive homes, and the nation is facing a crisis. In Oregon, several hundred children are up for adoption and desperately need someone to care for them, and yet the state is putting their needs second to politics. For Oregon, a loving and stable home isn’t enough. They’re requiring that prospective adoptive parents agree with the state’s views on radical gender ideology. They’re turning down anyone who won’t lie to a child about ...

… only perfectly legal, it’s a school district’s duty,” said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Sharp. “Allowing boys into girls’ … student privacy and safety in jeopardy.” In August 2014, ADF sent public school districts nationwide a similar … the letter to Township High School District 211 explains. “ADF’s policy…allows schools to accommodate students with …

Coach David Bloch has given so much to the snowboarding program at Woodstock Union High School (WUHS) in Vermont. As the founder of the program, he has invested countless hours in student athletes. But none of that mattered when Coach Bloch respectfully shared his beliefs regarding gender with two athletes—and became the latest American punished for acknowledging biological reality. When the WUHS women’s snowboarding team was scheduled to compete against a team that included a male, two student athletes were discussing the issue. Coach Bloch overheard the conversation and simply spoke to the ...

… in a broad array of pro-life court cases including: ADF has litigated dozens of cases against Planned …

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 ...