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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Gov. Eric Holcomb’s signing Thursday of SB 263, a bill sponsored by Sens. Eric Koch, Liz Brown, and Aaron Freeman that ensures churches and other religious organizations are allowed to remain open during a state of emergency on the same terms as other businesses and services: “Houses of worship and religious organizations provide soul-sustaining operations that are essential to our society and protected by the First Amendment. While public officials have the authority and responsibility to ...

ADF attorneys represent Christian Employers Alliance

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s signing Wednesday of HB 1425, a bill that protects the right of parents to have their child briefly excused from school to receive religious instruction during the school day if they so choose: “Parents have the right and responsibility to guide the upbringing and education of their children. And many parents consider religious instruction an important part of their child’s education. While public schools can teach about the Bible from a neutral, secular ...

ADF represents Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop

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 Wednesday with the Supreme Court of North Carolina in Mitchell v. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors, a case in which a college professor is challenging his termination from employment simply because he sent a letter to a colleague that was critical of her decision to deny funding for the professor and students to attend an academic conference: “American democracy thrives ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President for Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in Villarreal v. Alaniz, a case in which a citizen journalist is challenging government officials who claim they can evade responsibility after violating her First Amendment rights: “All government officials have a duty to uphold the Constitution, and they are not immune from being held responsible if they illegally punish a citizen simply because ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Friday on behalf of Ratio Christi, a nationwide Christian apologetics organization. The brief was filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Secular Student Alliance v. U.S. Department of Education, in which a secular student group is suing the federal government over a rule that protects the First Amendment freedoms of religious student groups on college campuses: “Universities are meant to be a marketplace of ideas ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Erik Baptist regarding a letter Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, together with 15 other state attorneys general, sent to YouTube Monday asking it to correct or remove a misleading and inaccurate “context” disclaimer it put on multiple videos ADF posted on the platform explaining the serious harms abortion drugs can cause women: “Women deserve to know the truth about the risks posed by abortion drugs, which is why the first-hand accounts ADF posted on YouTube are so vital. Yet YouTube insists on misleading ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Legislative Advocacy, regarding Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signing Friday of SB 99, a bill that protects children from dangerous, life-altering medical procedures: “Young people deserve to live in a society that doesn’t subject them to risky experimental procedures to which they cannot effectively consent, including so-called ‘gender transition’ surgeries and drugs. By enacting this legislation, Montana has taken a critical step toward protecting children and parents ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Legislative Advocacy, regarding Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signing Wednesday of SF 538, a bill that protects children from dangerous, life-altering medical procedures: “Denying the truth that we are either male or female hurts real people, especially vulnerable children. By enacting this legislation, Iowa has taken critical steps to protect children from radical activists that peddle gender ideology and pressure children into life-altering, experimental procedures and ...