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Ninth Circuit Announces the Three Judges Who Will Hear the Prop 8 Marriage Case Next Week
November 29th, 201009:28 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence The Ninth Circuit today announced the three judges that will hear the case challenging California’s Proposition 8, the amendment to the California Constitution defining marriage as one man and one woman: Stephen Reinhardt, appointed by President Carter in 1979; Micha... -
The Divorce Post: Responding to Critics
November 23rd, 201009:13 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David French Last week’s post on the Crushing Burden of Divorce generated more than a little push-back, both in the comments section of the post itself (which was cross-posted on our companion church site) and on Facebook. This is entirely expected. There is a veritable ocean of suffering s... -
What Are You Thankful For?
November 23rd, 201009:10 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David French I’m thankful for God’s mysterious grace and for the courage that inspired our national holiday. Happy Thanksgiving, readers, and may God bless you this holiday season. This post originally appeared here. ... -
South Dakota Court Refuses to Referee Church Dispute
November 22nd, 201005:02 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot In the recent case, Hutterville v. Warden, the South Dakota Supreme Court rightly refused to get involved in a church dispute because it would have interfered with religious freedom. The conflict arose in a Hutterian church whose members govern their lives by New Testament principles a... -
Anti-Bullying Bill: A Potential Threat to Christ-Centered Colleges
November 22nd, 201012:35 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor The Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2010 has been introduced in the House and Senate. The bill would require institutions of higher education receiving federal financial assistance to create and enforce policies forbidding “harassment” on the basis of se... -
Natural Marriage Safe in Colombia – For Now
November 19th, 201001:57 PM ETAuthors: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Piero A. Tozzi and ADF Legal Intern Sofia Martinez Agraz Yesterday, Colombia’s Constitutional Tribunal – the South American nation’s highest Court for constitutional matters – issued a concise opinion substantiating a November 11 ruling which rejected the claim that same-sex couples have a consti... -
Catholic Colleges, Catholic Bishops, and the Secular State
November 18th, 201004:44 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor According to Insider Higher Ed, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted this week to review the extent to which Roman Catholic colleges and universities have been faithful “to the Christian message as it comes to us through the Church.” In 1990, Pope John Paul II issued a&nbs... -
Carleton University’s Institutional Viewpoint Discrimination Against Pro-Life Speech
November 18th, 201012:28 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David J. Hacker Ideological conformity has reached new heights at Carleton University in Canada. The Carleton University Students Association has told the Carleton Lifeline student organization that its pro-life viewpoint violates the university’s policy of supporting a “woman’s right to choose.”&n... -
The Crushing Burden of Divorce
November 17th, 201003:23 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David French The longer I live, and the more time I spend in the Christian conservative movement, the more keenly I’m aware of the extent to which divorce is devastating the Body of Christ. It’s destroying children’s lives, destroying their parents, and destroying our cultural witness. I’m 41 years o... -
The Power to Tax Is the Power to Destroy – Especially When the Power to Tax Is Abused
November 15th, 201005:10 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley Last week, ADF sent a letter to La Paz County Arizona Treasurer Leah Castro, asking her to protect a rural Arizona church from an abuse of power so wrong you have to suspend disbelief when you hear about it. In 2006, The Church of the Isaiah 58 Project bought property in Quart... -
WARNING: Smoking During Pregnancy Can Harm Your Baby... So Can Abortion
November 15th, 201012:35 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence By requiring cigarette manufacturers to place more graphic, hardhitting warning labels on cigarette packages, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is tacitly agreeing with prolife groups that people will change their minds and their behavior if they can see... -
ACSTO: 'So what did the Supreme Court think?'
November 15th, 201010:43 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman Last week the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in ADF’s case ACSTO v Winn, which concerns an ACLU challenge to Arizona’s tuition tax credit program. To those not familiar with the case, it is essentially about two issues: 1) parents’ rights to choose the best education for... -
[Video] 'Is it disobedient for a Christian to oppose a Government?' Q&A with Dr. Wayne Grudem
November 15th, 201010:32 AM ETAuthor: SpeakUpChurch Alliance Defense Fund – Q&A with Dr. Wayne Grudem talking about his new book “Politics according to the Bible” Click on the video to see Dr. Grudem answer the question: "Is it disobedient for a Christian to oppose a Government?" This post originally appeared here.... -
Colorado Judge: Religious Groups Not Second Class
November 15th, 201010:17 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot On October 28, 2010, Colorado District Judge Mullins rejected an atheist group’s attempt to relegate religious groups to second class status. The National Day of Prayer Task Force (“NDPTF”), led by Shirley Dobson, has asked state governors for many years to issue a proclamation acknowledgin... -
From Whom Does the Church Take Its Cues?
November 15th, 201010:11 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor I recently gave a talk about CLS v. Martinez (the Hastings case) at Cornell Law School. I explained that the U.S. Supreme Court found that Hastings had created a forum for student groups to “promote tolerance.” The Court then held that derecognizing CLS (which required its lead... -
Real Men of Genius: Academic Edition
November 15th, 201009:43 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David French I have long been a fan of the entertaining, inspirational, and invaluable “Real Men of Genius” ad campaign (my favorites include “Mr. Excited About Storms Weatherman” and “Mr. Portable Toilet Cleaner Outer“), and it’s high time we bring it to the world of academia. Conservative aca... -
Interracial Marriage and Mormon Polygamy: ADF Debates the Definition of Marriage at the University of Virginia Law School
November 15th, 201009:26 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence Maybe it was the burritos from Chipotle that lured the standing room only crowd of 150 to the debate November 8 at the University of Virginia Law School on the Perry (Prop 8) case in California that seeks to redefine marriage. The Federalist Soc... -
Confirmation from Berkeley: Law Professors Heavily Lean Left
November 15th, 201009:16 AM ETAuthor: ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Travis C. Barham We have frequently written about how academia is far to the left ideologically of the rest of the country and the impact that this has on students. Still the skeptics remain, but now we have confirmation from that bastion of religious right-wing thought, the veritab... -
Former Client Update!
November 10th, 201012:18 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David French Think challenging your university will hurt your future? Think again! Watch former ADF Center for Academic Freedom client Orit Sklar take identity politics to the woodshed on CNN: To be clear, at ADF we do not endorse or support candidates for public office, but we do support and app... -
ACSTO: Is It a Sour Lemon, or Just Sour Grapes?
November 09th, 201005:07 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman In the ADF case, ACSTO v Winn, which is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, the ACLU is challenging Arizona’s tuition tax credit program, claiming that it violates the Establishment Clause. In case you are not familiar with the program, or with similar programs across the country, here are... -
Legal Legerdemain, Part 2: The 'Living Constitution'
November 09th, 201004:56 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Jeffery Ventrella A man was riding a train. Across from him he saw a small child sitting on her father’s lap. The young tyke then reached up and violently slapped her father’s face. The irony is that the little girl could not have slapped her father’s face unless she had first been sitting on his ... -
Money, Politics, and Same-Sex 'Marriage'
November 09th, 201012:56 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David French Over at Prop 8 Trial Tracker, Jeremy Hooper takes issue with my recent post regarding Iowa voters’ rejection of three state supreme court justices who invented a state constitutional right to same-sex "marriage." In my post, I make a basic assertion: If same-sex "marriage" is inevita... -
Finally, a Superintendent Who Understands the Constitution
November 08th, 201003:14 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David J. Hacker We cover a lot of things that college administrators do wrong on this blog, so I want to commend a high school principal in Michigan for protecting student speech. (H/t to Eugene Volokh at The Volokh Conspiracy.) Here’s the story from the Livingston Daily: Howell Public Schools ... -
Eating with 'Tax Collectors and Sinners:' The Example of Jesus
November 08th, 201003:10 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor Many of the legal controversies in which I’ve been involved in recent years follow the same pattern: some government entity punishes a Christian group because it limits leadership to those who share its beliefs and moral commitments (including the proposition that homosexual intimacy is sin... -
Case Dropped Against Michigan Woman Seeking Christian Roommate
November 08th, 201011:14 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster Sanity has been restored – for now. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has dropped its case against the 31-year-old Michigan woman who was being charged with housing discrimination for seeking a Christian female roommate. This case was absurd from the beginning. Our... -
Palm Beach State College: No Written Words between Consenting Adults
November 05th, 201012:55 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel Casey Mattox Palm Beach State College in Palm Beach, Florida is not a big fan of its students’ First Amendment rights. Or students doing pretty much anything without getting preclearance from the administration. As a matter of fact, in reviewing PBSC’s policies and actions you have to wonder if there is some... -
A Monster Hit from U2? Audio of the Sound of Music Cast Reunion? Even Better: Hear an ADF Attorney Arguing a Case In Court!
November 05th, 201012:42 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence This may not be audio of Bono singing one of U2’s greatest hits, or the cast of the Sound of Music reminiscing at their 45th reunion, but it is the audio recording of an ADF attorney arguing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on November&n... -
Washington Post Agrees with ADF on School Choice
November 05th, 201009:56 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor The Washington Post editorial board agrees with ADF that Arizona’s school choice tax credit is constitutionally permissible. Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn. Arizona gives a limited tax credit to individuals and ... -
Should Christians Be Involved in Politics & Government? Q&A with Dr. Wayne Grudem
November 04th, 201001:58 PM ETAUTHOR: SPEAK UP CHURCH Should Christians be involved in politics & government? Watch video of Q&A with Dr. Wayne Grudem. Alliance Defense Fund presents the latest Q&A with Dr. Wayne Grudem talking about his new book Politics according to the Bible in Question #5. This post originally appeared here. ... -
Hanna’s Video Blog #8 – The Alliance Defense Fund Defends Life
November 03rd, 201004:57 PM ETAUTHOR: SPEAK UP UNIVERSITYWatch Hanna’s Video Blog #8 – The Alliance Defense Fund Defends Life Non-fiction — This actually happened! Every episode is based on actual Alliance Defense Fund cases. Hanna’s Video Blog that tracks a (fictional) student’s efforts to start a pro-life club on her campus. The series is based on actual All... -
A Post-Election Reminder
November 03rd, 201004:52 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David French This morning, millions of Americans of Americans woke up joyful or saddened by the results of the election nearest and dearest to their heart. I’m talking, of course, about Rick Fox’s elimination from Dancing With the Stars. A few million more Americans had similar feelings, but instead we... -
If Same-Sex 'Marriage' Is Allegedly Inevitable . . .
November 03rd, 201001:07 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David French Why does it keep getting hammered at the ballot box? Lost amidst the tidal wave of election news yesterday was a highly unusual — yet very important — election in Iowa. Readers may remember that last year the Iowa Supreme Court essentially invented a right to same-sex marriage under the ... -
The Anti-Christmas Clause
November 02nd, 201001:05 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot The Christmas season is always a busy time for churches with opportunities for presenting the Gospel to folks who may only attend church on holidays, and challenges like attempting to keep 50 pre-schoolers from falling off the stage during the annual play. The spike in attendance many churches experie... -
Heavy Seas…Storm Rages as DADT Repeal Looms
November 02nd, 201010:50 AM ETAuthor: Gary McCaleb - ADF Senior CounselPsalm 107:23-30 says: Those who go down to the sea in ships, who do business on great waters; they have seen the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep. Not a likely verse for a desert-dwelling attorney to favor. But for five years, thirty years ago, those words reported my reality. ... -
Michigan Woman Facing Federal Investigation for Seeking a Christian Roommate
November 02nd, 201010:45 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster Just when you thought you have heard it all, along comes a case where your first thought is – ok, what am I missing? Surely this can’t be right! But recently, a 31-year-old Grand Rapids, Michigan lady was served with a complaint from the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and now faces a... -
Do 84 Percent of Protestant Pastors Believe the Pulpit Initiative Is Wrong?
November 02nd, 201010:34 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley Lifeway Research just issued the results of a survey it conducted by phone of 1,000 Protestant pastors. It asked these pastors whether they agreed with the statement, ”I believe pastors should endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit.” The survey found ... -
Now This Is How You Advertise a Speech
November 02nd, 201010:20 AM ETAuthor David French - ADF Senior Counsel I just completed an enjoyable west coast swing, featuring a delightful dinner with law students who are a part of the Alliance Defense Fund Blackstone Legal Fellowship from UC-Davis Law school, a speech on the “failure of elite education” at UC-Davis Law School, and then a debate with Professo... -
Wahoo Wa! FIRE Gives UVA Green Light for Student Speech
November 02nd, 201010:04 AM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel Casey Mattox As a UVA student (CLAS ’97) I regularly walked under the tablet on the south entrance to Old Cabell Hall that stated: “For here we are not afraid to follow truth, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.” For much of the time I attended UVA this seemed out of place. ... -
U.S. Department of Education Sends Conflicting Messages about Speech
November 02nd, 201009:57 AM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David J. Hacker The U.S. Department of Education issued a “Dear Colleague” letter Tuesday which reportedly reinforces the Department’s commitment to curb bullying through federal harassment laws. However, the letter confuses earlier Department policy, provides harassment examples that run into...
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