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… focused on complex class action litigation before federal courts and administrative bodies. Lippelmann also served as a … the state bars in Kansas and Arizona and several federal courts. … Mark Lippelmann … Senior Counsel … Mark Lippelmann …

… of educators and students are increasingly threatened. Why? Because government officials are silencing speech that …

Parents have the responsibility to direct their children’s general health and well-being. And the Constitution protects the fundamental rights of parents to raise and educate their children consistent with their beliefs and values. But, unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped some government officials from trying to interfere with parental rights and undercut the important role of mothers and fathers in their children’s lives. For example, more and more school districts are ignoring parents’ instructions and even concealing information about their children’s education on critical issues like sex ...

Since Alliance Defending Freedom’s founding in 1994, Ministry Friends like you have helped ADF play a role in more than 70 victories for freedom at the U.S. Supreme Court. And since 2011 alone, you have helped fuel freedom’s defense in 15 Supreme Court wins in which we’ve served as lead or co-counsel. This is your generosity in action—the legacy of freedom that you’re helping to leave. Freedom advocates like you have helped secure free speech for college students sharing the Gospel on their college campuses, religious freedom for Christian foster and adoption agencies, freedom of conscience ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the U.S. Congress’s reintroduction Wednesday of the deceptively named “Equality Act,” legislation that threatens religious freedom, fairness and safety for women and girls, and the ability of everyday Americans to live in alignment with their beliefs: “Our nation’s laws should respect the constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of every American citizen. The deceptively named ‘Equality Act’ hides behind promises of tolerance and empowerment, but, in practice, it ...

Thanks to the support of Ministry Friends like you, Alliance Defending Freedom can help support the everyday work of over 4,500 network attorneys who help protect our freedoms from overreaching government actions. These attorneys—both Allied Attorneys and Blackstone Fellows—generously donate their time and talents to increase the reach and power of our alliance. The Grants and Funding Program provides strategic support and financial assistance to these network attorneys so they can go toe-to-toe with the well-funded opponents of freedom in key cases. Cases like the Minnesota small-town ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Idaho Gov. Brad Little’s signing Monday of H 578, a bill that ensures faith-based adoption and foster care providers are free to serve children in need and work with the state to find loving, forever homes for kids: “Every child deserves a loving home that can provide them stability and opportunities to grow. Faith-based adoption and foster care providers have served children looking for loving homes for centuries while living out their sincerely held religious beliefs. Yet, in states like ...

The threats to religious freedom are clear and present. But Alliance Defending Freedom, by God’s grace and with your support, is standing up and facing the challenges in courtrooms and legislatures across the country. We’ve been defending religious freedom for over document.write(new Date().getFullYear() - 1994); years, and with 15 victories at the Supreme Court just since 2011, we’re working to secure freedom’s future for all Americans. As one supporter recently said, “I didn’t know you existed, but you’ve been defending me all these years.” Your tax-deductible gift today will help ADF ...

There are growing threats to those who serve Jesus. Activist officials are seeking to silence and coerce those who speak and live consistent with the Christian faith—here in America and around the world. It's only through the generosity of friends like you that we can defend people of faith in courtrooms around the world. Now as much as ever, we need your help to stand with them. Will you help defend the faithful and advance the right to live and speak the truth by making a gift right now? Your doubled gift will make an immediate impact and help us walk boldly into the wind to defend our ...

ADF is the world's largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights.