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...
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...
Wedding Photography Trends
Professional wedding photography has the largest share of the professional photography industry, with brides and grooms still spending money on the purchase of photography packages. This is despite a downturn in More...
Tips for a healthier marriage: What you need to know about sharing life with a partner
No matter how much you love somebody, being married will prove to be difficult at times. There are all kinds of challenges and you need to bond together if you want to withstand the pressure or the stress that comes 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...
Roy Moore wins GOP runoff for Alabama’s Senate seat, vows to support President Trump
The former Alabama state Supreme Court chief justice Roy Moore was projected to win the Republican senate primary runoff in Alabama and the polling was accurate as Moore defeated Luther Strange, the establishment 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
