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Make no mistake: New York’s new censorship law targets constitutionally protected speech on social media networks. But this attack on free speech is nothing new. We’ve seen countless forms of censorship from government officials, social media platforms, and even financial institutions. But now, satirical websites like The Babylon Bee face the risk of humorless state officials depriving them of their First Amendment freedoms. At ADF, we believe that all Americans are free to peacefully express their point of view, and that includes humor and sarcasm. Further, we believe that our freedoms don’t ...

… Defending Freedom attorneys are defending the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) and two …

… Alliance Defending Freedom and the Massachusetts Family Institute are suing the Town of Middleborough and school …

When Deb Figliola, a teacher in Harrisonburg, Virginia, was asked to lie to parents about their own children, she knew she had to stand for what’s right. She just could not deceive parents about her students. Deb teaches special education and English to middle schoolers who are reading and writing significantly below their level. And she absolutely loves what she does. But after the Harrisonburg City Public School Board instituted a new policy that upended parents’ right to direct the upbringing of their children, she knew she had to challenge the board’s violations of parents’ rights ...

… and mandates unrestricted access to abortion. Attempted to institute a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers …

Gregory S. Baylor serves as senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he is the director of the Center for Religious Schools and senior counsel with the Center for Public Policy.

… taught constitutional law as a senior fellow at the Kinder Institute for Constitutional Democracy. Her scholarship …

… Alliance Defending Freedom and the Massachusetts Family Institute are suing the Town of Middleborough and school …

… upbringing and care. We partnered with the Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty to come to Tammy’s aid after her …

The most powerful institutions in our country—from the media to schools and universities to the federal government itself—no longer see the need to protect the opportunities, privacy, and safety of girls and women. Instead, they’re pushing policies based on gender ideology. Gender ideology inverts God’s design for humanity as created male or female. It attacks our identity as God’s image-bearers and tells us to bear the image of whatever we want: male, female, non-binary, or anything else we can imagine. This is a lie. But this ideology doesn't just confuse people with its lie. This lie is ...