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ADF files opening brief with U.S. Supreme Court in Ariz. school choice suit
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an opening brief Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of school choice in Arizona. The brief asks that the suit be dismissed because the opponents have not proven that they have suffered any legal injury that would give them standing to sue over the state’s tuition tax credit program. Arizona’s program, like many others across the country, merely allows state residents to claim a tax credit for donations to private organizations that provide scholarships to private schools.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5355 - 4k - 7/30/2010
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Unconstitutional ordinance stops Ga. church from meeting on leased property
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a motion for preliminary injunction Thursday on behalf of Christ Liberty Family Life Center to stop the city of Avondale Estates from enforcing a discriminatory zoning ordinance while a lawsuit filed July 23 moves forward. Restrictions in the ordinance, many of which do not apply to non-religious organizations, have forced the small congregation to stop meeting on its leased property and relocate to various inferior locations, resulting in plummeting attendance and causing cancellation of numerous ministries, outreaches, and functions.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5354 - 4k - 7/30/2010
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Fired U of I professor vindicated, will again be allowed to teach Catholicism class
The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana confirmed to Alliance Defense Fund attorneys Thursday that it will once again allow popular professor Dr. Kenneth Howell to teach on Catholicism after recently firing him for explaining the Roman Catholic Church’s position on human sexual behavior to members of his class.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5353 - 4k - 7/29/2010
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ADF to appeal ruling that allows Eastern Michigan U. to expel Christian students for holding to beliefs
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys will appeal a problematic federal court decision issued Monday in a lawsuit filed on behalf of student Julea Ward against Eastern Michigan University after it kicked out the Christian student for holding to her beliefs. EMU dismissed Ward from its graduate counseling program in March 2009 for not affirming homosexual behavior as morally acceptable. Ward would not agree to change her religious beliefs about homosexual behavior or express a message contrary to them during counseling sessions as a condition to receiving a degree.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5351 - 5k - 7/27/2010
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NJ Supreme Court rejects demand to redefine marriage…for now
The New Jersey Supreme Court issued an order Monday rejecting a recently filed motion in a long-ago-resolved lawsuit that attempted to force New Jersey legislature to redefine marriage. Lambda Legal attorneys represented a small group of activists who were dissatisfied with civil unions implemented by the Legislature in 2007, and recently argued that they were not content with anything short of forcing a redefinition of marriage on all New Jersey residents. However, this latest order won’t likely be the end of this legal attack on marriage in the Garden State.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5349 - 5k - 7/26/2010
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ADF urges four SC, Fla. governments to resist activist demands to drop prayer practices
The Alliance Defense Fund is urging government bodies in South Carolina and Florida to continue their constitutionally protected practice of praying before public meetings, despite recent threats from atheist organizations. Within the past week alone, ADF, in cooperation with area lawyers who are part of the nearly 1,800 attorneys in the ADF alliance, sent letters to four local governments offering to defend valid invocation policies free of charge.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5348 - 4k - 7/23/2010
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Fired Calif. professor exonerated in settlement of lawsuit against San Jose college district
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have reached a settlement with the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a biology professor. Professor June Sheldon was fired after objectively answering a student’s in-class question simply because a different student claimed to be “offended” by her answer, even though it comported with the official class curriculum and a district policy on academic freedom.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5347 - 5k - 7/22/2010
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Augusta State Univ. to counseling student: change your beliefs or get out
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit against Augusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling student told that her Christian beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession. The student, Jennifer Keeton, has been told to stop sharing her beliefs with others and that she must change her beliefs in order to graduate from the counseling program.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5346 - 5k - 7/22/2010
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DC Court of Appeals: OK to lock out voters on marriage
Alliance Defense Fund and Stand4MarriageDC attorneys are considering an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a narrow 5–4 ruling, upheld the decision of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics to block residents from voting on the legal definition of marriage, despite a requirement by the D.C. Charter that they be allowed to do so. The charter, which serves as a constitution for the district, guarantees citizens the right to initiate and vote on any legislation except for “laws appropriating funds.”
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5343 - 5k - 7/15/2010
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Police say prayer illegal on U.S. Supreme Court grounds
The Alliance Defense Fund sent a letter to U.S. Supreme Court officials Thursday that urges them to stop their police officers from prohibiting people from quietly praying outside the court building. Christian teacher Maureen Rigo, her students, and a few adults were told by a court police officer that they must stop praying there because it was against the law.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.net/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5342 - 3k - 7/15/2010
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