Broad support for Christian student group reflected in numerous briefs filed with Supreme Court |
| WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court received 22 friend-of-the-court briefs Thursday in support of a Christian Legal Society chapter’s lawsuit against California’s Hastings College of the Law. The briefs demonstrate the breadth and diversity of support for the group’s rights protected by the First Amendment, according to attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund and CLS Center for Law & Religious Freedom who are litigating the case and filed their brief in the case on Jan. 28. Read More >> |
ADF, Stand4MarriageDC appeal decision to redefine marriage without voter approval |
| WASHINGTON — Alliance Defense Fund and Stand4MarriageDC attorneys have appealed an opinion and order issued by the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics last week that denied the district’s voters the right to vote on a marriage redefinition law passed by the D.C. Council. In addition to the appeal, ADF attorneys filed a motion Friday to keep the proposed law from going into effect in March. Read More >> |
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“If Planned Parenthood really cared about women’s rights, they’d support laws that allow women to make fully informed choices instead of challenging these laws in court. Planned Parenthood’s suit is more about protecting its ‘bottom line’ than women’s rights.”
ADF Senior Legal Counsel Steven H. Aden, on Planned Parenthood's attempt to strike down protective measures for women.