SAN FRANCISCO – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Seattle-area church will be available for media interviews Thursday following oral arguments in Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland v. Kuderer at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. ADF attorneys are asking the court to uphold Cedar Park Church’s constitutionally protected, pro-life religious beliefs by exempting it from an overly broad state mandate that requires most Washington employers to provide abortion coverage for employees.

SEATTLE – In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that the Yakima Union Gospel Mission is free to hire like-minded employees who share and live out the mission’s religious beliefs and purpose to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ through its homeless shelter and other community service programs.

NEW YORK – The New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously ruled Tuesday in favor of a Coptic Orthodox Diocese and its clergy who filed an amici brief in support of reversing a lower court order unconstitutionally stepping into church affairs. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, together with attorneys from Nelson Madden Black, represent the Diocese, a Coptic Orthodox Church, and its clergy in Funti v. Andrews.