BURLINGTON, Vt. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Vermont family filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging state and local officials for excluding religious families and schools from publicly available benefits. For decades, Vermont education officials intentionally banned all religious schools and their families from two public benefit programs: the Town Tuition Program and the Dual Enrollment Program.

CINCINNATI – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys submitted their opening briefs for filing Friday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit on behalf of a faith-based medical nonprofit, a Catholic school run by a Michigan parish, and four parents.

ADF Senior VP of the Counter-Censorship Task Force Jeremy Tedesco:  “No one should be denied access to basic financial services because of their political or religious beliefs. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency just issued a landmark report, however, revealing how big banks have discriminated against Christians and other mainstream conservatives specifically for their religious and political views....”