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More than reaching the bar: ADF-allied attorneys honored for dedicated service
The Alliance Defense Fund honored six allied attorneys last week that have provided thousands of hours of dedicated, pro-bono service in defense of religious liberty, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family. The value of those hours amounts to millions of dollars in free legal services that they have provided to clients in need.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4997 - 3k - 6/30/2009
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Allied Attorneys Demonstrate Essence Of What “Alliance” Is All About
Anyone who reads ADF materials for very long soon comes upon the phrase "allied attorney." It's a term we use to describe one of the hundreds of committed Christian lawyers who – while not on our fulltime ADF staff – ascribe to our Statement of Faith and demonstrably share our point of view on the key issues of life, family, and religious freedom. What's more, they are willing to fight for these ideals in the courtroom.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/whatwedo/training/nla.aspx?cid=4994 - 4k - 6/30/2009
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Mich. town settles lawsuit, lifts discriminatory rental fees on church
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys secured a settlement Tuesday with the village of Fife Lake on behalf of Forest Area Bible Church, which will no longer be forced to pay discriminatory rental fees to use the village’s municipal building. As a result of a lawsuit filed by ADF attorneys in March, the church will also be reimbursed for past fees it had to pay--fees that were not charged to similar non-religious organizations that enjoyed free access to the facility.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4992 - 3k - 6/23/2009
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Texas Supreme Court rules unanimously in favor of prison ministry
The Texas Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of a ministry to former prison inmates Friday, determining that zoning regulations passed by the city of Sinton to oust the ministry from town violates the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Alliance Defense Fund ally Liberty Legal Institute represented the ministry in the case. ADF provided funding assistance for the appeal to the high court.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4991 - 3k - 6/23/2009
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UCLA Gives Thankful Student Some Latitude for Gratitude
UCLA student Christina Popa figured Jesus had as much to do with her getting through school as anybody. More, actually.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=4987 - 3k - 6/23/2009
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Court: Calif. library can’t ban meetings it labels 'religious services'
A federal judge ruled Friday that Contra Costa County officials can no longer prohibit a Christian ministry from accessing Antioch Branch Library public meeting rooms just because government employees consider its scheduled activities to be “religious services.” Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed suit against county officials in 2004 on behalf of the ministry, arguing that the library’s ban was unconstitutional.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4989 - 3k - 6/22/2009
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Wright State University agrees to recognize Christian student group
Officials at Wright State University have agreed to reverse their decision to deny recognition of a Christian student group after receiving letters and public exposure from both the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4988 - 3k - 6/22/2009
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CLS, ADF appeal lawsuit against U. of Mont. School of Law
Attorneys with the Christian Legal Society’s Center for Law & Religious Freedom and the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Thursday in a case filed against the University of Montana School of Law by the Christian Legal Society and its student chapter at the school.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4986 - 4k - 6/19/2009
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Fla. school district singles out church VBS fliers for censorship
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed suit in federal court Tuesday after the Collier County School Board rejected a church’s attempt to participate in a flier distribution program open to other community groups. The board refused to allow Cypress Wood Presbyterian Church to advertise its upcoming Vacation Bible School because of the religious nature of the event even though the school district has allowed fliers from other religious and non-religious community groups.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4985 - 3k - 6/18/2009
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Ohio’s Miami University revises speech policy, agrees to settle lawsuit
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund obtained a settlement Monday in Gilles v. Hodge, bringing to end a five-year legal battle over Miami University’s speech policy that prohibited a Christian man from exercising his First Amendment rights on campus because he didn’t have a permit. Campus security threatened Jim Gilles and a friend with arrest because they were sharing their faith on campus.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4982 - 3k - 6/15/2009
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