Lorie Smith, the Colorado website designer at the heart of the Supreme Court’s landmark 303 Creative v. Elenis June 30 decision upholding every American’s freedom of speech, is receiving a barrage of increasingly intense harassment, including serious death threats, following the 6–3 ruling. “Especially in the last week, despite the victory last week, I do continue…
EXCLUSIVE: Harassment, Death Threats Against Web Designer Surge Since Supreme Court Decision Upholding Freedom of Speech
GOP Leaders Allowed to Defend NC Abortion Pill Restrictions in Court After Democrat AG Refusal
March 16, 2023
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Two of the top Republicans in the North Carolina Legislature are allowed to intervene in a lawsuit to defend laws that place restrictions on abortion pills, a federal judge said in an order (pdf) on March 10. North Carolina law requires the abortion pill mifepristone be dispensed in person after a 72-hour waiting period and…
Christian Student Teachers at Center of Lawsuit Against Arizona School District
March 10, 2023
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An Arizona school board is facing a lawsuit after it severed a long-standing partnership with a Christian university that supplied student teachers over their religious beliefs. Conservative group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the lawsuit against Washington Elementary School District on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. For the past…
Appeals Court to Reconsider Case Against Allowing Transgender Athletes in Female Sports
February 14, 2023
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A federal appeals court has agreed to reconsider a lawsuit that challenged Connecticut’s policy of allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ athletic events, which followed an earlier court decision that had ruled against the lawsuit. The case, brought by legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), was filed on behalf of four female athletes who…
HHS Proposes New Federal Rule Limiting Health Workers’ Religious, Conscience Rights
December 30, 2022
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials are proposing new federal regulations they claim will better protect the religion and conscience rights of individuals seeking or providing health care services. The proposed regulation—the Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes—was posted in the Federal Register on Dec. 29 for a 60-day…
University of Idaho Settles Christian Students’ Lawsuit
December 11, 2022
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Three Christian students and a faculty member have settled a lawsuit against the University of Idaho that acted to limit their freedom of religious speech. The lawsuit, filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys in April, blamed university officials for targeting the students’ First Amendment rights by punishing them for their religious speech. The…
Supreme Court Sympathetic to Christian Web Designer Who Opposes Colorado Law Forcing Her to Honor Same-Sex Weddings
December 5, 2022
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The Supreme Court seemed receptive Dec. 5 to the arguments of a Christian website designer who says Colorado’s law requiring her to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings infringes on her constitutional rights. Although the Supreme Court has become increasingly protective of religious freedoms in recent years, those on the left say the court’s embrace…
Senate Moves Closer to Passing ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ That Critics Say Threatens Religious Freedom
November 28, 2022
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Senate Democrats—aided by 12 Republicans—took a giant step on Nov. 28 toward the final passage of the “Respect for Marriage Act” that many civil liberties experts say will seriously damage Americans’ freedom of religious practice and expression. The 61 to 35 vote came on a cloture motion to limit debate on the Senate floor to…
Experts Say Churches, Faith-Based Social Service Agencies and Businesses Threatened by ‘Respect for Marriage’ Act
November 19, 2022
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Multiple provisions of the Respect for Marriage Act the Senate is expected to approve after Thanksgiving threaten thousands of Christian churches, as well as faith-based social service agencies and businesses, with the loss of their federal tax exemption, according to legal experts interviewed by The Epoch Times. The threat is not directly stated in the…
Pro-Life Group Wins as NC City Admits 1st Amendment Protects Public Prayer at Abortion Clinic
October 10, 2022
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Officials in Greensboro, North Carolina, agreed that a group of pro-life citizens praying outside a local abortion clinic had been illegally arrested for their “exercise of constitutionally protected First Amendment rights,” according to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). Eight members of the Love Life Christian ministry were arrested outside a Greensboro abortion clinic on March 28,…
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