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Threats to the First Amendment are Growing

We are living at a critical moment.

We’re facing unique and growing threats to our freedoms.

At Alliance Defending Freedom our legal requests have skyrocketed in the past year.

Requests from teachers and professors who have been punished or fired for refusing to violate their faith, churches that have been targeted with discriminatory COVID-19 regulations, and students who have been silenced and had their First Amendment rights infringed upon by university officials. 

If you’re unfamiliar with our work, ADF is the world’s largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental rights, and the sanctity of life.

We defend your most cherished freedoms in Congress, state legislatures, and courtrooms across the country, and all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.

We defend everyday Americans who have been unjustly targeted for their beliefs. You may have heard of a few of our clients….

Jack, a cake artist.

Jack at his business, Masterpiece Cakeshop. He serves everyone, but he cannot use his talents to express messages that go against his beliefs. And the First Amendment protects his right to do so.

But after politely declining to create a custom cake that expressed a message in conflict with his faith, the Colorado government tried to punish him.

We defended him and won a major victory! And yet, Jack is still being harassed. He’s back in court battling another lawsuit, this time from an attorney who is targeting Jack for .

Lydia, a third grader

Lydia is a very brave nine-year-old girl in Mississippi.

When her school required masks, she wanted to peacefully share her Christian views with her schoolmates by wearing a mask with the message, “” printed on it.

But her principal required her to remove and replace it. Two days later, administrators announced a policy that prohibits certain “political” or “religious” messages on masks.

It didn’t matter that other students and faculty have worn masks with a wide variety of messages, including masks displaying college logos, professional sports team logos, and “Black Lives Matter.” The school still enforced a policy which subjected her to escalating discipline, up to and including suspension.

knew this was a violation of her rights. So, they filed a .

David, a pro-life sidewalk counselor.

You may recognize David Benham.

David, the , was peacefully praying and offering sidewalk counseling outside of an abortion clinic in Charlotte.

But for violating North Carolina’s “stay-at-home” order during the COVID-19 pandemic. It didn’t matter that David and other volunteers were exempted from the order and following the State’s protocol to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Today, ADF is defending David’s rights in , filed with a North Carolina federal court.

Chike, a college student.

When Chike was a student at Georgia Gwinnett College, he wanted to share his faith with his classmates on campus. But his , not just once—but twice.

We took and won. The Court ruled that government officials should not get a free pass when they violate students’ priceless constitutional rights.

These are just three examples out of the thousands of requests for legal support we receive.

That’s why at Alliance Defending Freedom, we’re taking a stand to help ensure that religious liberty has a strong legal defense.

And, with God’s favor, we’re winning. We’ve prevailed in hundreds of cases in state and federal courts, winning 13 victories at the United States Supreme Court since 2011!

We continue to refine our process to give our Constitution and cherished freedoms the best defense. But this isn’t possible without feedback from people like you.

We need your input.

Your responses will give us valuable information that will help us better defend your religious liberty both in the court of law and in the court of public opinion.

, then help us reach even more Americans by forwarding this email to your friends.

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Alliance Defending Freedom is the world’s largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, marriage and family, parental rights, and the sanctity of life. We defend your most cherished liberties in Congress, state legislatures, and courtrooms across the country—all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. We don’t just stand for freedom—we win. ADF has won 13 victories at the Supreme Court since 2011, and we’re winning nearly 80 percent of all our cases—but we don’t do it alone. When 35 Christian leaders came together to build a ministry that would defend religious liberty and keep the doors open for the Gospel, they knew it would take an alliance. Learn More