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- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval Thursday of tax legislation that includes language from the Free Speech Fairness Act, which, if signed into law, would prevent the Internal Revenue Service from investigating and penalizing churches simply for what a pastor says from the pulpit: “America’s pastors don’t need a federal tax agency to police their sermons, and so we commend those in the House who supported free speech fairness language in the amended tax bill. Churches and ...
- Rowan County in North Carolina asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to uphold its policy pertaining to prayer before public meetings and to clear up conflicting rulings on legislator-led prayer in lower courts.
- ADF attorneys represent Young Americans for Liberty at University of Alabama in Huntsville
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Director of the ADF Center for Life Denise Harle regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Thursday with the South Carolina Supreme Court in Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. State of South Carolina on behalf of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Dr. Christine Hemphill, a South Carolina OBGYN, in support of the state’s law which protects unborn children from abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected: “All human life is worth protecting—from ...
- ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Tuesday
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Zack Pruitt regarding the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration’s markup hearing Tuesday on S-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: “The Senate Rules Committee has kept alive a bill that tramples on the free speech and free association rights of American citizens. S-1’s 800 pages of complex and convoluted text impose ...
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tim Garrison regarding the Wyoming Supreme Court’s decision Friday to deny Right to Life of Wyoming, as well as Wyoming Reps. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams and Chip Neiman, the ability to intervene in defense of the state’s Life is a Human Right Act as the case, Johnson v. State of Wyoming, proceeds: “Wyoming has a strong and compelling interest in protecting women and unborn children from the harms of abortion, and the state will continue its life-saving efforts. We’re proud to serve alongside Right to Life of ...
- State sent $14 million of taxpayer funds to Planned Parenthood despite voter-approved law that forbids it
- State records: $14 million provided to Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood in violation of state constitution
- Over 300 NCAA, professional athletes sign letter supporting Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act