"Bills of this sort are designed to forward a political agenda and silence critics, not combat actual crime.”
The Washington Times * ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley, on "hate crimes" law.
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"People think, ‘Texas, that's a conservative state – they're not likely to have a judge strike down their marriage law.’ But all it takes is one lawsuit, one judge, and it can really happen everywhere.”
The Austin American-Statesman * ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Jim Campbell, on a lower court judge ruling in a same-sex "divorce" case that Texas' constitutional amendment affirming marriage as one man and one woman is unconstitutional.
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“Pro-life student groups shouldn't have a price tag placed upon expression of their beliefs. Forcing any student group to pay for insurance in order to exercise their right to free speech guaranteed under the First Amendment is unconstitutional.”
LifeNews.com * ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Heather Hacker, on ASU Students for Life v. Crow.
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"We don't want courts to be in the business of comparative theology."
Christianity Today * ADF Senior Legal Counsel Mike Johnson, on the New Hampshire case of a girl removed from homeschooling after state employees deemed her “too rigid” in her faith.
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“In this case, though, a lone ‘offended’ man saw the memorial as an endorsement of Christianity -- the way someone might see a face on the moon.”
The (Riverside, California) Press-Enterprise * ADF Senior Counsel Joe Infranco, on attempts by atheists to have a decades-old cross removed from a Mojave Desert war memorial.
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"Whenever Planned Parenthood and The Center for Reproductive Freedom team up, something dies. Sometimes, it’s a freedom. More often, it’s a life.”
East Valley Tribune * ADF President Alan Sears, on state and national efforts to block an Arizona law curtailing abortions.
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"It's clearly unconstitutional for school officials to prohibit a student's message on the grounds that someone might not like it."
LifeSiteNews.com * ADF Senior Legal Counsel David Cortman, on the “Abortion is Not Healthcare” T-shirt case.
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