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Student-run “Youth Alive” club now entitled to same rights as other campus clubs at Middlebury Union High School

ADF attorneys represent Young Americans for Liberty club forced to stop speaking at Montclair State University without permit

Travis Allen and his daughter, Blake, were suspended for speaking up.

Could a church or a ministry near you be in danger of losing access to its financial accounts? For this Memphis-based church, it happened so abruptly. Without warning or explanation, Bank of America sent a letter to Indigenous Advance Ministries to notify them that its accounts were being closed. The ministry provides aid to impoverished orphans, widows, youth, and other at-risk populations in Uganda. The bank also targeted Servants of Christ church, which partners with the ministry. Bank of America told them they had 30 days to find a new bank and switch, and just a few weeks before an ...

University of Pittsburgh charges Intercollegiate Studies Institute, College Republicans $18K security fee for campus event after inciting violent mob of protestors

Thanks to your generosity this Giving Tuesday, freedom is being defended for all Americans. I wanted to take just a moment to express my gratitude to you for sacrificially giving of your resources to Alliance Defending Freedom. I know that we live in a time of deep uncertainty—especially in the economy. Thank you for stepping out in faith and making a gift to help fuel the many critical legal cases that our team is litigating across the nation. You are helping make a real difference for the future of freedom in America. Please know that I know your gift is not just a financial contribution. It ...

Parents who want to adopt shouldn’t face discrimination for their deeply held Christian beliefs. They shouldn’t be denied access to available government opportunities because of their faith. Yet that’s precisely what’s happening to Jessica Bates—a mother of five who is seeking to adopt and care for a sibling pair. Oregon is flat-out rejecting Jessica’s application for failing to “meet the adoption home standards.” In other words, she won’t tell boys they can be girls and girls they can be boys, take children to events like Pride parades, or facilitate a child’s access to potentially ...

Many Americans don’t understand what true religious freedom is. Download our short and free guide—Religious Freedom: 3 Myths & 3 Facts—today.

Imagine feeling a conviction to adopt and care for other children—to love those who don’t even have one parent. And now imagine that your state is excluding you from adopting any child because you won’t agree to contradict your Christian beliefs— you won’t use inaccurate pronouns, take children to events like Pride parades, and facilitate a child’s access to dangerous procedures like potentially sterilizing puberty blockers. This is exactly the situation Jessica Bates faces in Oregon. Oregon officials are preventing Jessica from adopting because they disagree with her Christian beliefs—despite ...

Some myths about religious freedom are accepted as truth and used to put down people of faith and religious organizations. When people say things like, “Religious freedom is just an excuse for discrimination,” we want you to be equipped to respond and set the record straight. Use ADF’s free guide to help you discuss religious freedom effectively. GET THE GUIDE Religious Freedom versus Discrimination We hope you found our Religious Freedom guide helpful. How do religious freedom and discrimination differ? Find out in our article, “ Is Religious Freedom Discrimination?” ...