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Timothy D. Chandler serves as senior counsel and vice president of Church & Ministry Alliance engagement & strategic projects with Alliance Defending Freedom.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s explanations and plans since her decision Friday to illegitimately use her “style and form” veto power to partially gut the Fairness in Women’s Sports bill, H.B. 1217: “Gov. Noem had an opportunity to protect women and girls by signing the Fairness in Women’s Sports bill, but instead she pandered to the demands of special interests. In what was an abuse of her ‘style and form’ veto power, she gutted protections for collegiate athletes and took away ...

Court dismisses lawsuit of high school female athletes forced to compete against biological males

Julia Payne serves as legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom’s Center for Life.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Thursday on behalf of The Douglass Leadership Institute, The Radiance Foundation, and Speak for Life at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit in the case Melton v. City of Forrest City, in which a firefighter in good standing with the city had his employment terminated after he posted a pro-life image on social media: “All Americans should be free to express viewpoints and ideas ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding an open invitation letter sent Monday to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem from the existing nationwide coalition seeking to save girls’ and women’s sports—of which Alliance Defending Freedom, Heritage Action, Save Women’s Sports, Concerned Women for America, and numerous other groups are a part—asking her to join them in support of legislation to fully protect female athletes. The letter follows Noem’s decision to gut the recently passed Fairness in Women’s Sports bill (H.B. 1217) by ...

WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom WHAT: Providing public comment at the Virginia Department of Education’s Board of Education Business Meeting on the commonwealth’s recent model policies and how those efforts ensure students and parents are respected and supported WHEN: Beginning at 9 a.m. EDT, Thursday, July 27 WHERE: Virginia Department of Education, James Monroe Building, 101 N. 14th St., 22nd floor, Richmond ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: To schedule an interview, contact ADF Media Relations Specialist Hattie Troutman ...

American Atheists tries to bully city to deny promised funds to inner-city church

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Zack Pruitt regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage Wednesday of H.R. 1, legislation that expands the definition of “political speech” and dramatically alters the First Amendment speech and association protections that American citizens have enjoyed since the founding of our country: “Tonight the House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill that tramples on the free speech and free association rights of American citizens. Throughout its nearly 800 pages of complex and convoluted text, H.R. 1 ...

Client videos (YouTube): Overview | Selina Soule’s Story | Alanna Smith’s Story Client videos (Vimeo): Overview | Selina Soule’s Story | Alanna Smith’s Story B-roll: Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood win race over Chelsea Mitchell (2018-06-04) The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana (Holcomb) Kiefer regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights’ withdrawal Tuesday of its revised letter of impending enforcement action concerning women’s athletics in Connecticut; DOE’s action reverses its previous position informing ...