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… President and CEO Michael Farris, founded HSLDA in 1983 to protect the right of families to provide personalized, … Smith began defending homeschooling in California both in court and before the legislature after HSLDA’s founding. He … The states went after them. So we started defending these families, one at a time — and as we won cases, those …

… surgeries so doctors could “use their judgment” for giving these so-called “treatments” to younger and younger patients. … and concerns they frequently encounter in their practices. These discussions exposed numerous scientific and ethical … whether children could give informed consent to undergoing these life-altering procedures when they (and often their …

… activists: athletes should be able to pick and choose at will whether they’ll play as a man or a woman, regardless of … against females are simply ignorant. The claim is that if these people got to know a person who identifies as … Defending Freedom understands how important it is to protect fairness in women’s sports, and we continue to …

… Jewish counselor, challenged a New York City law to protect his freedom of speech. Who is Dr. Dovid Schwartz? Dr. … decided to  challenge this unconstitutional ordinance  in court. What’s at stake? The conversations that Dr. Schwartz …

… to preserving the fundamental right of parents to protect the upbringing, care, and education of their …

River Falls campus forbids student conversation without advance permission, student group recognition

… parents, educators, and school board members to speak. These harmful policies include mandating that school … authority should override the authority of parents to protect the well-being of their children as these schools are … and parental rights are being wrongfully undermined. To protect children from the destruction of gender ideology in …

Michael Farris served as Alliance Defending Freedom's President and CEO from 2017-2022.

… town of Edisto Beach. November 2018 : A federal district court heard the case. The U.S. Department of Justice also … to free speech and its free exercise of religion. The U.S. Supreme Court has already made clear in Trinity Lutheran Church of …

Billy Atwell serves as senior vice president of communications with Alliance Defending Freedom.