WHO: Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Kristen Waggoner, former Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran, and others
WHAT: Hearing on Religious Liberty and H.R. 2802, the First Amendment Defense Act
WHEN: Tuesday, July 12, at 10 a.m. EDT
WHERE: House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2154, 45 Independence Ave. SW, Washington
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Participants will discuss how the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling affects individuals who and organizations that maintain a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction about marriage and will review how FADA can ensure Americans are not treated unfairly by the government for such a belief or conviction. Participants include the following:
- Kristen Waggoner, senior counsel and senior vice president of US legal advocacy, Alliance Defending Freedom
- Kelvin Cochran, former Atlanta fire chief, former U.S. fire administrator in the Obama administration, and ADF client in Cochran v. City of Atlanta
- Mike Lee, U.S. senator, R-Utah
- Raúl Labrador, U.S. congressman, R-Idaho, 1st Congressional District
- Barney Frank, former U.S. congressman, D-Mass., 4th Congressional District
- Matthew J. Franck, Ph.D.
- Jim Obergefell, plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges
- Katherine Franke, Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher professor of law and director of the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, Columbia School of Law
Alliance Defending Freedom is an alliance-building, non-profit legal organization that advocates for the right of people to freely live out their faith.
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