ADF Senior Counsel Matt Sharp:  “Universities should encourage freedom of speech and religion, not shut it down. That includes safeguarding the ability of belief-based student organizations to associate with those who align with the organization’s mission and purpose….”

PHILADELPHIA – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a New Jersey father have filed their opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in a federal lawsuit against state and local officials based on a school district’s treating of the man’s daughter as a boy without his consent.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear two cases concerning state laws that protect women’s sports. The states of West Virginia and Idaho, together with attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom, asked the high court to take the cases.