Atheist, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim groups join to ask SCOTUS to rule on college student free speech case
An ideologically diverse array of groups submitted friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court this week that ask it to take a case filed by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys on behalf of two former More...
Students for Life wins California State University discrimination case over abortion views
A federal lawsuit against California State University–San Marcos came to an end Tuesday after the university agreed to revise student fee policies and pay more than $240,000 in the wake of a federal court’s ruling last More...
Web designer Lorie Smith, of 303 Creative, appeals Colorado ruling to make sites against her beliefs
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Colorado web designer Lorie Smith and her studio, 303 Creative, filed their opening brief Wednesday in an appeal of a federal district court’s order that More...
Heartbeat International fights North Dakota abortion rules set to silence pro-life voices
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the world’s largest affiliation of pregnancy resource centers filed their answer Tuesday following a federal district court’s decision to allow the centers More...
Appeals court stalls efforts to shut down Christian adoption center, New Hope Family Services
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit issued an emergency order Monday that temporarily halts New York officials from targeting a faith-based adoption provider for its religious beliefs and seeking to More...
Pastor Solomon of Uttar Pradesh harassed on social media, seeks police help dealing with trolls
Since September 15, Pastor Solomon of Uttar Pradesh has been subjected to social media harassment by members of right-wing Hindu organizations. The accusations made against him online, primarily of forced conversions, More...
Grant Strobl, Jacob Chludzinski and ThinkRight Strategies sues Ann Arbor over free speech laws, political speech
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a political consulting firm and its owners filed suit against the city of Ann Arbor in federal court Monday. The lawsuit challenges a city law that forces Grant More...
Florida church sues Sarasota County over $10K fees to start Christian school for at-risk kids
A federal lawsuit that Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed on behalf of a Sarasota County church and religious school has prompted the county to reverse course and approve the church’s use of its property More...
ADF files motion to dismiss latest lawsuit against Jack Phillips, Masterpiece Cakeshop over transgender cake
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips and his Masterpiece Cakeshop filed a motion in state court Monday to dismiss the latest legal attack against him for declining More...
Ohio: Catholic school, The Lyceum exempted from city ordinance forcing social justice practices
After months of refusing to say whether an ordinance would force a Catholic classical school to operate contrary to its religious beliefs in employment, admissions, and other policies, the city of South Euclid, More...
Supreme Court rejects transgender bathroom, privacy case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to take up an important case involving a Pennsylvania school district that disregarded its students’ bodily privacy rights when it opened its high school locker rooms and More...
Supreme Court doesn’t address abortion, upholds Indiana burial measure for unborn babies
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a mixed message on abortion, refusing to consider reinstating Indiana’s ban on abortions performed because of fetal disability or the sex or race of the fetus while upholding More...
Caring Families fights against Connecticut discrimination against faith based pregnancy center
An injunction filed is to stop enforcement of the city ordinance that compels the pregnancy center and its Mobile Care ministry to post signs and messages stating, “This facility does not have a licensed medical More...
Nepal: Pastor Dilliram Paudel, Christians arrested, US citizen Leanna Cinquanta deported for ‘converting through allurement’
On Tuesday, five Christians were arrested at a hotel in Nepal including two foreign citizens from India and the USA. One of the arrested was Pastor Dilliram Paudel, General Secretary of the Nepal Christian Society. More...
SCOTUS to hear Funeral home transgender case, determine if ‘sex’ can be redefined as ‘gender identity’
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a lower court decision that redefines the word “sex” in federal law to mean “gender identity.” Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Michigan More...
Connecticut: Caring Families ministries sues the city of Hartford for religious discrimination over ‘signage’ laws
Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to protect a life-affirming, faith-based pregnancy care center, which helps clients with concerns about pregnancy and motherhood, against More...
Arizona’s Perry High School lets MAGA wearing Logan Jones return to school as her suspension remains on record
Perry High School agreed late Wednesday to allow a student who wore “Make America Great Again” attire to return to school after Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter on behalf of the student to the principal. More...
Court dismisses Jack Phillips, Masterpiece Cakeshop case as Diann Rice’s remarks prove hostility against baker
The Colorado Civil Rights Commission announced Tuesday that it will dismiss its most recent charges against cake artist Jack Phillips in the wake of newly discovered evidence of the state’s ongoing hostility More...
Indiana: Right to Life Pro-life ad will be allowed on CityBus after legal settlement
After months of litigation, a pro-life organization’s advertisement can now appear on buses operated by a government-run public transportation company. After previously rejecting the ad educating the public More...
Briefs filed with SCOTUS over Tree of Life Christian school’s battle over zoning discrimination
A broad range of legal experts, education groups, and religious organizations and denominations representing Christians, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, and others have filed briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in favor More...
