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Broad support for Christian student group reflected in numerous briefs filed with Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court received 22 friend-of-the-court briefs Thursday in support of a Christian Legal Society chapter’s lawsuit against California’s Hastings College of the Law. The briefs demonstrate the breadth and diversity of support for the group’s rights protected by the First Amendment, according to attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and CLS Center for Law & Religious Freedom who are litigating the case and filed their brief in the case on Jan. 28.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5196 - 4k - 2/8/2010
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Christians threatened with arrest in Richmond for sharing Gospel, lawsuit filed
Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney Steve Taylor filed a lawsuit Friday against the city of Richmond on behalf of five Christian men threatened with arrest for sharing their faith on public property and at public events. The suit alleges that police officers with the city violated the men’s First Amendment rights by demanding that they stop their “disturbing” and “offending” religious expression, which consisted of peacefully preaching to small groups, one-on-one witnessing, and handing out tracts.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5190 - 3k - 2/1/2010
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ADF attorney available to media after hearings in Phoenix church bell lawsuits
Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley will be available for media interviews Monday following oral arguments in an appeal of a Phoenix bishop given a suspended jail sentence for violating a noise ordinance because he rang church bells.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5189 - 4k - 1/29/2010
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Immigration judge: German anti-homeschooling policy 'repellant to everything we believe as Americans’
A U.S. immigration court Tuesday granted political asylum to a German homeschooling family, finding that the German government’s persecution of the family violated the family’s basic human rights. The judge in the case reportedly called Germany’s anti-homeschooling policy "repellant to everything we believe as Americans" at a hearing held Thursday. The Alliance Defense Fund provided funding to the Home School Legal Defense Association for the case.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5186 - 4k - 1/27/2010
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Case dismissed: Man arrested for touching grass after sharing Gospel exonerated
A court has issued an order dismissing criminal charges against a New Jersey man whom police arrested after he shared the Gospel on a sidewalk outside a public high school after the end of the school day. At the request of the principal of Edison High School, Robert Parker was taken into custody after his toe touched the grass on the school’s side of the sidewalk. He was charged with trespass and disorderly conduct.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5173 - 3k - 1/19/2010
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Hartford officials agree to stop silencing constitutionally-protected speech
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys and city of Hartford officials have agreed to a settlement that will ensure the protection of citizens’ free speech rights in public areas. Hartford officials agreed to a permanent injunction against the use of a “breach of peace” statute and a “public disturbance” statute to infringe on constitutionally-protected speech. In 2006, ADF attorneys filed suit against the city on a behalf of a man arrested for sharing his Christian message in public.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5171 - 3k - 1/18/2010
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Chicago outreach to Katrina victims wins 7th Circuit decision against city
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit issued an order Wednesday rendering a favorable decision to a Christian ministry that was blocked by the city of Chicago from using its property to help displaced Hurricane Katrina victims. ADF-allied attorney John Mauck represented the outreach in the lawsuit against the city and secured a ruling to claim its right protected by the U.S. Constitution to use its property, which has served as a community center for more than 80 years, for ministry purposes. ADF has provided funding for the case.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5161 - 3k - 12/31/2009
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Fla. cities oust nativity scenes from public Christmas holiday displays
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent letters to city officials of Inverness and Boca Raton urging them to restore nativity scenes in Christmas holiday displays. Nativity scenes have traditionally adorned the front of Inverness’s city hall and libraries in Boca Raton, but this year city officials have eliminated them from holiday displays, apparently out of fear of litigation from groups hostile to this nation’s traditions.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5160 - 4k - 12/29/2009
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Swedish government seizes child from home-schooling family
A Christian home schooling family could permanently lose custody of their only child simply because they home-school. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and the Home School Legal Defense Association are joining forces as legal advisors to the couple in order to persuade the Swedish government to return the seven-year-old child to his parents.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5159 - 4k - 12/22/2009
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ADF appeals decision to allow bad speech policy to stand while suit against GSU proceeds
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a notice of appeal Friday in the case of a Christian man arrested for sharing his faith in the “free speech area” of Georgia Southern University. A federal judge declined to suspend the university policy that led to the man’s arrest while his lawsuit against GSU moves forward in court. Under the policy, the university is allowed to deny free speech completely or limit its duration and frequency. The university typically limits speech to 90 minutes once a month and requires a 48 hour notice as part of its permit process.
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5157 - 4k - 12/22/2009
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