ADF to Supreme Court: ‘Artists shouldn’t be forced to express what government dictates’
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing cake artist Jack Phillips filed their final brief Wednesday prior to oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights More...
Minnesota: filmmakers Carl Larsen, Angel Larsen appeal gay marriage rules, forcing Telescope Media Group to film gay wedding
A pair of St. Cloud filmmakers on Friday appealed a court order from last month that dismissed their lawsuit challenging a state law that allows Minnesota officials to control the stories they tell. The law More...
Mississippi man Chris Sevier wants to marry computer, joins polygamists to sue
A Mississippi man, Chris Sevier, self-described as a “machinist,” has joined with polygamists to file a federal lawsuit that same-sex “marriage” is part of the religion of secular humanism, and since More...
Support grows for Colorado cake artist, Jack Phillips, in gay marriage case headed to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has received at least 45 friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the freedom of a Colorado cake artist to decline to create custom artistic expression that celebrates events in conflict More...
Wisconsin: Court protects Amy Lawson from city, state punishments over gay marriage photography services
A Dane County Circuit Court declared that Amy Lawson and her business are not subject to city and state laws that would otherwise control her artistic freedom because she does not have a physical storefront. Regarding More...
Disney uses ‘Doc McStuffins’ cartoon to feature lesbian ‘moms,’ Wanda Sykes is thrilled
The Disney Junior show Doc McStuffins, which is aimed at preschoolers, is under attack after an new episode featured two lesbian “moms” as the heads of a family. Titled “The Emergency Plan,” More...
Wisconsin photographyer, Amy Lynn Photography Studio, heads to court freedom of conscience case, artistic expression
ADF attorneys representing photographer and blogger Amy Lawson, who owns Amy Lynn Photography Studio in Madison, filed suit against the city and against state officials in March. The lawsuit challenges a sweeping More...
Court rules Kim Davis, Rowan County won’t pay legal fees from gay marriage lawsuit
U.S. District Judge David Bunning ruled that neither Kim Davis nor Rowan County are liable for attorney’s fees over the marriage license issue that began in 2015. Judge Bunning did overrule the Magistrate’s More...
North Carolina rules to protest judges’ freedom of conscience in Brenda Bumgarner case
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals handed North Carolina magistrates a huge victory by ruling that the plaintiffs who opposed their religious liberty opt out of same-sex “marriage” lacked standing More...
SCOTUS rules in favor of gay couples on birth certificates
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of same-sex couples, affirming that their marriages cannot be treated differently on birth certificates. Their vote was 6-3 with Justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas More...
Notre Dame graduates ‘disrepectful’ in their walkout from Mike Pence speech, NY Times offers ‘fake news’ coverage
Radio host Lawrence Jones said the Notre Dame graduates who staged a walkout of Vice President Pence’s speech disrespected his office. The NY Times continued to misrepresent facts when the attacking everything More...
Kentucky appeals court rules to protect freedom of conscience of printer Blaine Adamson, Hands On Originals
A Kentucky appeals court issued a ruling Friday that affirms a Lexington printer’s freedom to decline orders that would require him to promote a message in conflict with his religious beliefs. In 2014, the Lexington-Fayette More...
Maui Second-Most Visited Island for LGBT Travelers
Maui is the second-most visited island for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) travelers, according to the March report from Hawai’i Tourism Authority. Oahu is still the most-visited island. The More...
Jacksonville sued over ‘gender identity’ and same-sex ‘protected categories,’ Liberty Counsel says ‘City officials were wrong’
Liberty Counsel filed a Motion for Summary Judgment last week in John Parsons v. City of Jacksonville, Florida, a lawsuit to invalidate a city ordinance that adds “sexual orientation” and “gender More...
Bill Condon confirms Lefou in ‘BATB’ film will be a gay character
Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon announced that Disney’s upcoming live-action Beauty and the Beast movie will feature the studio’s first-ever “exclusively gay moment.” In an interview with Attitude More...
CW Network to use ‘Supergirl’ Valentine’s Day to promote Maggie, Alex’s same-sex relationship
According to EW, The CW has a Valentine’s Day-themed episode of Supergirl set to center on the same-sex relationship between Alex (Chyler Leigh) and her new girlfriend Maggie (Floriana Lima). Stealing a page More...
Missouri State Univsersity settles lawsuit with Andrew Cash, graduate counseling degree candidate denied because of his faith
Attorneys with the Thomas More Society, a national public interest law firm, filed a federal civil rights complaint against the Governors of Missouri State University on behalf of Andrew Cash. The matter has now More...
Mississippi Gov Phil Bryant joins ADF fight for freedom of conscience, religion of business owners, staff
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant argued forcefully in favor of the state’s law protecting Mississippians against government discrimination in a brief filed late Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. More...
Support rallies around Barronelle Stutzman, Arlene’s Flowers as freedom of conscience to refuse gay wedding case heads to SCOTUS
Numerous states and groups filed friend-of-the-court briefs this week with the Washington Supreme Court in support of a Richland floral artist and the principle that the government cannot force Americans to promote More...
North Carolina Judge dismisses LGBT lawsuit against accommodation for magistrates objecting to gay weddings
Judge Max Cogburn dismissed Ansley et al. v. Warren, a lawsuit against a North Carolina law that provides a religious accommodation for magistrates who object to officiating or granting marriage licenses for same-sex More...
