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Will and Kate’s Wedding: What It Says to a Watching World
April 29th, 201102:46 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence Will and Kate’s wedding today communicated so many significant and worthwhile things to the estimated 2 billion people who watched. A writer who goes by the name “hogan” at Redstate has some thoughtful insights on the significance of the wedding.. Here is an... -
How Uncivilized: Universities Slap the First Amendment in the Face
April 28th, 201106:10 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David J. Hacker As USA Today reports, “civility” policies and programs are cropping up at universities across the nation. Some seem to be bound up with efforts to purge “bullying” from campus (my colleague David Cortman tackles that subject here), other efforts seem to have more affinity with the... -
Anti-Life and Anti-Christian Vandalism Hits PA University During Holy Week
April 28th, 201110:44 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence Students for Life reports that the Students for Life Cemetery of the Innocents at Clarion University in Pennsylania was “vandalized and desecrated by individuals identifying themselves in red paint as ‘pro-choice.’” Every year the prolife students at Clarion organ... -
Abortion Advocates Playing Defense Legally in Roe v. Wade Battle
April 27th, 201106:15 PM ETThe following opinion column appeared on lifenews.com on 4/26/11. Author: ADF Senior Counsel Steven H. Aden “Ah, There’s Good News Tonight….” No doubt Gabriel Heatter, that radio announcer of yesteryear, would have turned to his favorite phrase in introducing this news story: Politico reports that the Center for Reproductive Ri... -
Future Headline?: 'How Vietnamese Boat People Saved Marriage in America'
April 27th, 201102:40 PM ETAuthor: SpeakUpChurch ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb writes: A half a century ago, the United States lent a hand to the struggling nation of South Vietnam as its freedom was threatened by the Communist North Vietnamese regime and its Viet Cong allies. But by the mid-70s, the war whimpered to defeat: radical le... -
Truth at Cross-Purposes with Americans United’s Claims
April 27th, 201111:23 AM ETAuthor SpeakUpChurch ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Jim Campbell writes: “Cross-purpose” is a term with many applications. It aptly describes, for instance, when the truth conflicts with an organization’s agenda, for in that situation it might be said that the truth is at “cross-purposes” with that organization’s goals... -
The Intolerance of the 'Tolerant'
April 26th, 201101:38 PM ETAuthor SpeakUpChurch ADF Senior Counsel Austin R. Nimocks writes: For years, those who advocate for same-sex “marriage” in this country have employed a semi-unilateral approach with their advocacy—if you think that children need a mother and a father, or that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, then there’s something wron... -
Breaking News – Paul Clement Leaves King & Spaulding after the Law Firm Drops DOMA Defense
April 25th, 201102:57 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence This morning, former Solicitor General Paul Clement resigned from the law firm of King and Spaulding after it caved in to pressure from activists and dropped its contract with the House of Representatives to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA. We had ... -
Selling Children: Condemned or Celebrated? (Part 1)
April 25th, 201102:52 PM ETAuthor: SpeakUpChurch ADF Senior Counsel Brett Harvey writes: It is a straight forward notion that is easily understood: “people are not property.” This country suffered through a civil war and struggled with a civil rights movement in part due to the misguided notion that people can be bought and sold. So why is the State o... -
God’s Wrath, God’s Mercy, and Cheating
April 25th, 201102:45 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor Does what you believe about God affect your willingness to cheat? A recent study suggests the answer might be yes. According to a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the study indicates that students who believe that God is “warm, loving, and forgiving... -
University Administrators Refuse to Allow Christians to Speak Their Peace
April 25th, 201111:30 AM ETThe following opinion column appeared on townhall.com on 4/24/11. Author: ADF President, CEO, and General Counsel Alan Sears It’s hard to understand what, exactly, public university officials across the country have against the Christians on their campus. Christian students don’t often lead riots. Those who are serious and sincere abou... -
Virginians Must Ask the Right Questions in Upcoming Judicial Confirmation Hearings
April 25th, 201111:00 AM ETThe following opinion column appeared on worldmag.com on 4/18/11. Guest Author: ADF Blackstone Fellow Holly Vradenburgh Two recent vacancies on the Virginia Supreme Court have brought the complex tensions of judicial confirmation to the foreground of Virginia politics once again. The death of Judge Leroy Hassell, Sr., and the retirement of Jus... -
Good Friday
April 25th, 201110:51 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, ... -
Supreme Court’s Wise Decision Favors Arizona School Choice
April 25th, 201110:46 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence I have written an op-ed piece supporting the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision dismissing the challenge to Arizona’s tuition tax credit program, which Human Events published today. The article explains why the Supreme Court correctly dismissed the ACLU’s defic... -
A Tale of Two Churches
April 25th, 201110:39 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Those timeless words from Charles Dickens’ classic A Tale of Two Cities many times describe the turning points in a church’s history. This is especially true for two churches in Georgia – All Souls Church of God in C... -
Breaking News: House Names Former Bush DOJ Official Paul Clement to Defend Federal Marriage Law
April 19th, 201102:09 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence The Speaker of the House announced today that Paul Clement will defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in current court challenges. Paul Clement served as Solicitor General under President George W. Bush and is well known as one of the most ex... -
Poetic Justice
April 18th, 201111:30 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Litigation Counsel Kevin Theriot It was exactly one year ago that a Wisconsin federal court incredibly ruled that our 200 year practice of praying together as a nation is unconstitutional by striking down the statute establishing the National Day of Prayer. But on April 14, 2011, the day before the anniversar... -
Seven Days in May
April 15th, 201106:00 PM ETAuthor: SpeakUpChurch ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb writes: The 1960s blockbuster movie Seven Days in May recounted a fictional plot by military leaders to overthrow a president who pushed for nuclear disarmament. It is a classic anti-military screed that embodied some of the worst far-left thinking of ... -
Sinclair Community College Bans Distribution of Pro-Life Literature after Class
April 14th, 201104:09 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David J. Hacker FIRE has been putting the heat on Sinclair Community College (Ohio) after it punished a student for distributing pro-life literature after class. According to FIRE’s report, a paralegal student distributed literature linking abortion and breast cancer to her fellow students after h... -
Abortion Funding, School Vouchers and Civil Disobedience in Washington, D.C.
April 13th, 201105:43 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence Last Monday, the new Mayor of Washington, D.C., Vincent Gray, was arrested for impeding traffic when he and others staged a protest by blocking Constitution Avenue near the Senate office buildings. They did their acts of civil disobedience to protest two... -
Anti-Harassment Legislation that Offends the First Amendment
April 13th, 201102:37 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel David J. Hacker Will Creeley has a spot-on analysis in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education discussing why the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act is unconstitutional and unnecessary. Last month, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ) reintroduced the bill in Congress, which is n... -
Day of Dialogue: Speaking the Truth in Love
April 12th, 201112:41 PM ETAuthor: SpeakUpChurch ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Matt Sharp writes: A few weeks ago, ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman wrote about how the Left and groups such as GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) are promoting homosexual behavior to students in public schools all over the country through their Day of Silence. As Cortm... -
Have You Seen This Ad???
April 12th, 201110:35 AM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Counsel Jordan Lorence Have you seen this ad on your campus? Students pay mandatory student fees under school policies, but these same policies deny funding to one type of student group at six major universities (and probably more): VA Tech Penn State William an... -
Adams on Adams: The First Amendment Returns to Campus
April 11th, 201104:42 PM ETAuthor: ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Travis C. Barham Back in March of 2010, a federal district court judge in North Carolina ruled that Professor Mike Adams’ columns at Townhall.com were not protected by the First Amendment. Dr. Adams appealed that decision, gathering support from academic organizations&nb... -
No April Fool’s Day for Religious Freedom
April 08th, 201101:17 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot April 1 wasn’t a Fool’s Day for religious freedom in Kentucky. In Nelson v. Baker, the Court of Appeals soundly rejected a claim by former members of First Baptist Church of Jeffersontown, Kentucky who sued for the right to access the church’s financial information. It is foolish... -
Do Ask, Don’t Repeal
April 07th, 201110:22 AM ETAuthor: SpeakUpChurch ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb writes: One recent big event on the homosexual agenda has been the so-called “repeal” of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. It’s the key element in President Obama’s plan to force bisexual and homosexual behavior on our troops ... -
Victory for Academic Freedom: 4th Circuit Says Professor’s Speeches, Columns Protected by First Amendment
April 06th, 201104:42 PM ETAuthor: ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Travis C. Barham A University of North Carolina–Wilmington professor’s speeches and columns are fully protected by the First Amendment, according to a published decision handed down Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Alliance Defense Fund attorneys contended that crimino... -
Victory for Rights of Conscience in Illinois as Another Planned Parenthood Lie Is Exposed
April 06th, 201104:35 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Casey Mattox In a major victory for the rights of conscience of medical professionals (and others), yesterday an Illinois Circuit Court struck down an Illinois regulation requiring pharmacists to sacrifice their sincere religious and moral objections and dispense “emergency contraceptives” like Plan... -
ADF Assists with Key Victory in Moldova
April 05th, 201104:39 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel Roger Kiska On February 17, 2011 the Moldovan government adopted proposed anti-discrimination legislation which it purported to do on the basis of harmonizing its laws with existing EU Directives and Regulations. The premise behind the proposed legislation was to further Moldova’s aspirations of becoming an EU Member St... -
Supreme Court Limits Ability of ACLU and Its Allies to File Lawsuits under the Establishment Clause
April 05th, 201104:36 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley My colleague David Cortman posted a blog about the recent Supreme Court victory in ACSTO v. Winn. As he points out, there are many great things to celebrate about that case. I thought I would highlight one other positive development from that case. For decades, we have been ... -
School Choice Program Prevails. Kids & Parents Ultimately Win
April 05th, 201101:09 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman Earlier today (April 4th), the Supreme Court of the United States handed down an extremely important decision in ADF’s case, ACSTO v Winn. Although the Court doesn’t always get it right, at least in my opinion, it certainly did in this case. And it’s not simply because it was an ADF... -
Shocking Opinion Protects Shocking Speech
April 05th, 201112:58 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot Many were shocked on March 2, 2011 when the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 opinion, protected the right of Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church to engage in hate speech at a soldier’s funeral. The case, known as Snyder v. Phelps, addressed the heartbreak a father experienced when Phelps’s ... -
Victory for School Choice: Supreme Court Rejects ACLU Challenge to Arizona’s Tuition Tax Credit Plan
April 05th, 201112:51 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence In a significant victory for school choice, the Supreme Court today dismissed the lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging Arizona’s tuition tax credit program, which gave a tax break to those who contribute for private scholarships for stud... -
Recent Victory for Pro-life Speech
April 05th, 201112:34 PM ETAuthor: ADF Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco David French recently posted a stirring Students for Life of America video. As the video shows, college students are rapidly becoming the leaders of the pro-life movement. This generation’s commitment to saving the unborn is no doubt a product of estimates that&nbs... -
'Study Hard, but Party Harder:' Rutgers Students Hear the Wisdom of 'Pouffesor' Snooki of 'Jersey Shore'
April 05th, 201112:28 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence Rutgers University last week contributed to the growing debate on whether higher education is worth its surging costs, when it paid the fabulous Nicole Polizzi (a.k.a., “Snooki”) of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” television show $32,000 to speak to... -
Stony Brook 'Restore[s] Sanity,' Declares Young Americans for Freedom Eligible for Funding!
April 05th, 201112:21 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Legal Counsel Casey Mattox Earlier this month I wrote about the Young Americans for Freedom group at Stony Brook University on Long Island that was denied equal access to student organization funding because it was deemed to be “too similar” to the College Republicans. While some student groups at Stony Bro... -
Did WI GOP Violate Professor’s Academic Freedom?
April 05th, 201112:16 PM ETAuthor: ADF Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor The deputy executive director of the Wisconsin Republican Party sought, under the state’s open records law, emails sent by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor William Cronon containing words such as “Republican,” “union,” and “Scott Walker.” The request came in the wake...
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