ADF: Minn. elementary students shouldn’t be indoctrinated in homosexual behavior- 5.5.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund are urging the Minneapolis Public Schools not to implement a program that would instruct kindergartners and other elementary school students to embrace homosexual behavior.
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9th Circuit thwarts Wash. state’s attempt to stall conscience rights - 5.2.08
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled Thursday that Washington pharmacists’ rights of conscience will be protected while an appeal by state officials who oppose those rights moves forward. The ruling means that a court order requested by ADF and ADF-allied attorneys to suspend newly-passed state regulations will remain in place. The regulations forced pharmacies and pharmacists to stock or distribute abortion-inducing drugs regardless of their religious or moral opposition.
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ADF: Colorado Legislature should reject sexual ‘non-discrimination’ bill - 5.1.08
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent a legal memo to the Colorado Legislature Wednesday informing members of problems with a statewide non-discrimination bill currently under review. If passed, the bill would add “sexual orientation” and “transgender status” as protected categories in the state’s nondiscrimination laws.
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ADF attorney available to media after hearing in Wis. religious drawing lawsuit - 4.30.08
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys will be available for media interviews following a hearing Thursday in A.P. v. Tomah Area School District. ADF attorneys are asking the court to suspend an unconstitutional policy prohibiting religious art while a federal lawsuit moves forward.
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ADF ready to defend observance of National Day of Prayer - 4.30.08
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent an informational letter last week to nearly 1,200 of the nation’s largest cities, advising them of their constitutional right to recognize and participate in the 2008 National Day of Prayer Thursday. ADF attorneys will also be available to defend, free of charge, any municipality that is threatened with legal action for observing the event.
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ADF attorneys appeal N.C. pro-life advocate’s free speech case - 4.30.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to take another look at the case of pro-life advocate Dennis Green, whom Raleigh police silenced for peacefully expressing his views on abortion.
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Kentucky student’s ordeal continues - 4.28.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund have filed an appeal to the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit against the Boyd County Board of Education on behalf of Kentucky student Timothy Morrison. Morrison’s constitutional rights were violated when a former mandatory “tolerance” program at his high school instructed him to suppress any speech that opposes homosexual behavior.
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Texas town hinders church ministry from helping parolees - 4.28.08
An ADF-allied attorney filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday after a new Bellmead ordinance forced a church to stop operating a ministry for parolees. The House Where Jesus Shines, Inc., sponsored by the Church of the Open Door, is suing the city of Bellmead for intentionally changing the zoning on the ministry’s newly purchased property to preclude it from opening its doors, even though it is in an industrial zone.
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Chicago cannot stop church lawsuit for lien over bake sales - 4.25.08
A court Thursday blocked the city of Chicago’s attempt to stop a lawsuit filed by an ADF-allied attorney representing Beth-El All Nations Church. The city, which has sought in the past to obtain the church’s property for redevelopment, placed a lien on the property without notifying the church, alleging the congregation engaged in unspecified “resale activity” without collecting and paying sales tax. The church says it has not engaged in any such activity other than exempt charitable bake sales.
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School says transportation OK for student clubs...unless they’re Christian - 4.24.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit and a request for a temporary restraining order against Calcasieu Parish Public Schools Thursday. School officials prohibited students of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club from using school buses to attend an event even though the school does not prohibit other clubs from using the buses.
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Students nationwide to observe “Day of Truth” Monday - 4.24.08
Monday, high school students across the nation will have the opportunity to participate in the fourth annual “Day of Truth,” a student-led initiative sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund.
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Press conference Thursday on submission of Calif. marriage amendment petitions - 4.23.08
Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Joe Infranco will lead a press conference Thursday when signed petitions from California voters in favor of a marriage amendment to the state constitution are submitted to the Sacramento County Office of the Registrar of Voters.
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ADF files motion to halt policy in “JOHN 3:16” drawing case - 4.16.08
ADF attorneys filed a motion Tuesday asking a federal court to immediately suspend a Wisconsin school district’s unconstitutional prohibition against religious expression while a student’s lawsuit moves forward. A teacher’s grading policy in the Tomah Area School District bars depictions of “blood, violence, sexual connotations, [or] religious beliefs” in student artwork.
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Demonic artwork okay. Scripture and cross – no way! - 4.15.08
Another Christian student has seen his religious freedom "erased"…this time for a drawing that depicted a Bible verse and cross.
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ADF files appeal to protect, preserve marriage in New York - 4.14.08
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Monday on behalf of a group of New York taxpayers in an effort to stop officials from illegally recognizing same-sex “marriages” performed outside the Empire State.
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ADF attorneys appeal ASU pro-life speech case to 9th Circuit - 4.9.08
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an appeal Tuesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on behalf of an Arizona State University pro-life club in a lawsuit challenging unlawful restrictions on their speech.
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ADF to appeal N.M. commission’s ruling against Christian photographer - 4.9.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund say they will appeal a ruling by the New Mexico Civil Rights Commission Wednesday because of its “stunning disregard” for the First Amendment. The commission found an Albuquerque photography company, run by a Christian husband and wife, guilty of “sexual orientation” discrimination under state antidiscrimination laws for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony.”
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School free speech goes to court...again - 4.7.08
Thanks to action by the U.S. Supreme Court, Chase Harper is back in court with a chance to win a victory for religious freedom.
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Court refuses to dismiss professor’s discrimination suit against UNC-Wilmington- 4.4.08
The University of North Carolina-Wilmington must face a lawsuit brought against it by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys on behalf of Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the school who also writes nationally syndicated columns. A federal court denied most of UNCW’s motion to dismiss on Monday, holding that Adams raised legitimate arguments regarding the possibility that the school refused to grant him full professorship status because of his religious beliefs and conservative political viewpoint.
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ADF responds to latest ACLU attempt to silence public prayer- 4.4.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed their response in federal court Friday to what is at least the sixth lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board regarding religious expression issues. The latest lawsuit is a direct challenge to the board’s practice of opening public meetings with prayer.
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ADF to defend Md. voters’ right to be heard- 4.3.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a motion Wednesday asking a Maryland court to allow voters to defend a petition being challenged by advocates of homosexual behavior even though the signatures have already been certified. A citizen voter coalition collected substantially more than the required number of signatures for the referendum petition, which gives voters their right to be heard on a county bill that extends special legal protections based on "gender identity."
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Chesapeake officials: Keep your religion out of our public park- 4.3.08
ADF attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Thursday on behalf of a Christian group barred from displaying a cross in a Chesapeake public park. City officials told members of Christian Rights Ministries that their 12-foot high, white cross must be removed from the park following a Fourth of July parade.
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ADF: Mo. court should not grant “annulment” between two women - 4.2.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday on behalf of a state senator, contending a Missouri court cannot grant annulment to two women since their “marriage” is not recognized under state law. The brief further argues that because neither of the women intended to live in Massachusetts when they received their marriage license, their union cannot be recognized by either state.
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ADF files lawsuit challenging speech restrictions at University of Maryland - 4.2.08
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday challenging the University of Maryland-Baltimore County’s speech zone and speech code policies on behalf of a student pro-life group. The group claims school officials used the speech zone policy to deny it the same access to highly visited areas of campus that other student groups enjoy.
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