Indiana court rules school punishing Good News Club with meeting fees
An Indiana federal district court has granted Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) a permanent injunction against an unconstitutional policy that the School District of Pike Township used to discriminate against More...
ADF battles ACLU in federal court to defend faith-based adoption
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday in federal court on behalf of Michigan legislators who strongly support a state law that helps connect more children with loving families More...
Things are Not Easy for Women: Sexual Harassment, Glass Ceiling and More
“We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” These inspiring words are from Malala Yousafzai, a girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 for her “crime” of speaking up for the More...
Kansas Gov Sam Brownback confirmed as Ambassador at large for international religious freedom
Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas was confirmed to an ambassadorship on Wednesday after a six-month after V.P. Mike Pence broke the Senate split 49-49 vote along party lines on the nomination of the Republican. Brownback More...
Minnesota filmmakers, Carl and Angel Larsen, headed to appeals court to fight being forced to film gay weddings
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a pair of Minnesota filmmakers filed their opening brief on appeal Friday in a lawsuit challenging a state law that allows the government to control the stories More...
SCOTUS allows Mississippi’s freedom of conscience law, no injury shown to LGBT community
The Supreme Court declined yesterday to hear two cases challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi law that allows religious organizations to refuse to hire persons or provide services to LGBT people in More...
Transgender locker room, bathroom and privacy battle in Illinois will rage on in 2018
A federal court Friday declined to temporarily stop an Illinois school district from enforcing policies that authorize a male student to use the girls’ locker rooms. Because the decisionallows an ongoing risk More...
Judge rules Atlanta firing Kelvin Cochran was unconstitutional
A federal district court ruled Wednesday that city of Atlanta rules which led to the termination of Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran are unconstitutional. The court found that the city’s policies restricting non-work More...
Judges rules to block President Trumps policy against transgenders in the military
A U.S. District Court judge ruled against President Trump’s decision to bar transgender people from serving in the military. The policy appeared “not genuinely based on legitimate concerns regarding military More...
Ohio State’s Students for Trump leader, Nick Davis, refuses to provide gender pronoun
photo Marcus Werthmann Nick Davis has made a name for himself after launching Students for Trump at Ohio State University, working “to help create an environment on this very liberal campus where people can openly 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...
Gender Dysphoria: Sacramento school punishes first grader for mixing up transgender child’s name
A Sacramento charter school is back in the spotlight over a five-year-old boy who now is identified by his parents as a female, beginning kindergarten class last June. The first grade student was now “misgendered” More...
St Louis Cardinals’ Pride Night includes transgender Tassandra Crush throwing out the first pitch
One of America’s most beloved sports teams has invited a transgendered woman to throw out the first pitch during their highly promoted “Pride Night.” The St. Louis Cardinals, in partnership with Pride St. More...
Support grows for Arlene’s Flowers, Barronelle Stutzman in religious freedom, freedom of conscience gay marriage case
The U.S. Supreme Court has received numerous friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the freedom of a Washington state floral artist—and, by extension, other creative professionals—to decline to create artistic More...
Virginia high school student transgender bathroom case goes back to lower court to be dismissed as student graduated
The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals canceled oral arguments and sent back the case involving Gavin Grimm, a girl who wants to “identify” as a boy and use restrooms for boys. The case is G.G. v. 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...
Could Fox News Go Under Due To All Their Legal Problems?
If there seems to be a mass exodus at the Fox News Channel lately and there is a reason for it. The recent firing of Bill O’Reilly amidst allegations of sexual harassment is just one of the many incidents that More...
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire religious discrimination case ends with a win for Catholic students: Alexandra Liebl and Madelyn Rysavy
The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has agreed to drop its unconstitutional policies that deny credit to students who fulfill its mandatory community service requirement by volunteering in faith-based activities. More...
Freedom From Religion atheist group blasts SCOTUS over Trinity Church ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision today that could inflict incalculable damage upon the constitutional wall of separation between state and church. Seven justices turned their backs on the hallowed principle More...
Supreme Court rules secures Trinity Church religious freedom in Missouri discrimination case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Monday that the government cannot exclude churches and other faith-based organizations from a secular government program simply because of their religious identity. The much-anticipated More...
