Supreme Court to rule on gay wedding cake, freedom of conscience case
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh in on whether the government can force a Lakewood, Colorado, cake artist to use his artistic talents to create a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex ceremony. In July More...
Discrimination against Pakistani minorities continues to rise
Recently, the Greater Hyderabad municipal corporation advertised vacancies for sanitary workers. Applications are invited from non-Muslims only and a further condition has been added in the application form, that More...
SCOTUS crushes ‘hate speech’ case, part of ‘free and open discussion’
Sending a shockwave through liberal circles and college universities across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that free speech in America is protected, not matter how offensive some find it. From More...
LGBT activists protest Restore Hope Network conference, ex-homosexual ministry
The Restored Hope Network conference was under way at City View Church in San Diego. According to RHN, “as many as 1,000 protesters are mobilizing, handing out posters and signs at gay bars, pride marches, and More...
Petition: Boycott Target adds 500K signatures over transgender bathroom access
The number of signatures of those protesting Target’s transgender bathroom policy has now reached 1.5 million. According to a new report, American Family association President Tim Wildmon hand-delivered another More...
Europe: Midwife loses freedom of conscience case, will appeal Swedish law to not be forced to perform abortions
A Christian midwife is appealing her case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after she was denied employment opportunities due to her views regarding abortion. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is More...
North Carolina repeals ‘bathroom bill’ but GLAAD, ACLU still unhappy
Thursday North Carolina lawmakers passed a bill that repeals the state’s bathroom law in a move meant to end a year of protests by gay activists and leftists boycotting buisnesses and big events, like the More...
Alpha Chi Omega will allow students with gender dysphoria, transgenders to pledge, join sorority
Alpha Chi Omega, the 193-chapter national sorority, will now allow transgender men, or those suffering with gender dysphoria, to become pledges and, ultimately, full-fledged members. The sorority currently fails More...
Liberty Counsel sues Jacksonville over gender identity rules, protective classes for sexual orientation
Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit today to invalidate the so-called Jacksonville “Human Rights Ordinance” or “HRO” because it was adopted in violation of Florida Statutes, the Jacksonville More...
Transcript: President Trump speech to the Joint Session of Congress
President Trump on Tuesday delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress on February 28, 2017. The following is a transcript. Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, More...
ADF, Illinois parents praise Trump administration’s move to protect bathroom, locker room and students’ privacy
Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb spoke out regarding the Trump administration’s decision to rescind an Obama administration directive that disregarded the privacy, safety, and dignity of More...
Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman, Arlene’s Flowers case may go to Supreme Court
A Washington floral artist says she will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision Thursday by the state’s high court that concluded that the government can force her—and, by extension, other Washingtonians—to More...
Netherlands’ Geert Wilders praises Trump on immigration, ‘would do the same’ calls for addition of Saudis
Party for Freedom politician Geert Wilders in Netherlands praised Donald Trump for his immigration Executive Order and expressed hope that “you’ll add more Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia soon.” In More...
Trump maintains Obama’s executive order to protect gay rights but angers more people
The White House said on Monday that President Trump would leave in place a 2014 Obama administration order that created new workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. In a White House More...
Austria rules to ban Muslim full-face veils in public, ‘open society that requires open communication’
Countries across Europe area adapting to the influx of Muslims from Syria and war torn areas in the Middle East. One battle is over the full-face veils in public places and Austria’s ruling coalition has More...
Liberty Counsel defends North Carolina judges, magistrates’ freedom of conscience for gay wedding accomodations
Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief yesterday at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding state magistrates and their constitutional right to intervene to defend their religious liberty, which is being challenged More...
Northwestern University faces Transgender controversy as transgender woman, now a man Adam Davies, seeks to join sorority
The transgender movement gets more complicated as a female Northwestern University freshman who recently came out as male now seeks to join a sorority. Adam Davies says he was drawn to the tenets of Greek life 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...
ADF calls on SCOTUS to protect students’ privacy in Virginia transgender bathroom case
Alliance Defending Freedom filed a friend-of-the-court brief Tuesday with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the student privacy policy of a Virginia school district. The Gloucester County School District policy More...