ADF Senior Counsel Greg Baylor:  “Young people who go into ministry are not in it for the money. Their calling is to serve God and to serve their neighbors—and the government shouldn’t punish students who pursue a religious vocation just because, in its judgment, they won’t earn ‘enough’ income....”

SAN FRANCISCO – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Yakima Union Gospel Mission in Washington state will be available for media interviews Tuesday following oral argument in Union Gospel Mission of Yakima v. Brown. In 2021, the Washington Supreme Court gutted a 72-year-old statute protecting religious ministries, rewriting it to force them to hire people who reject their faith. The mission is asking the court to uphold its right to decide who is religiously qualified to live out its mission.

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. – In response to a letter from the Independence Law Center and Alliance Defending Freedom, a Pennsylvania school district has rescinded its policy that hid social transitions of students from their parents.