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Ann Arbor won’t use law to force citizens to promote political views they oppose

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In the wake of a lawsuit, the city of Ann Arbor has determined that a political consulting firm will not be subject to a public accommodations law that would have required the firm to promote political views they oppose. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing ThinkRight Strategies and its owners, Grant Strobl and Jacob Chludzinski, therefore jointly agreed with the city to end the suit. Under the agreement, the firm and its owners can continue to promote only political messages and causes that are consistent with their conservative and religious principles.  Read more >>

Shawnee State professor to file objections to magistrate’s ruling

ADF Senior Counsel Travis Barham:  “Dr. Nicholas Meriwether remains committed to serving all students with respect, but he cannot express all messages or endorse all ideologies. When the university tried to force him to do this and then punished him for exercising his rights, it violated the First Amendment. Because the magistrate judge misinterpreted and misapplied the law, we plan to explain to the district court why it shouldn’t adopt those recommendations and should instead rule in favor of Dr. Meriwether, whose constitutionally protected freedoms we will continue to defend.”  Read more >>

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