![]() ![]() Arizona should not be fundraising for an extreme organization on a mission to undermine the separation of religion and government. ![]() They advocate for broad religious exemptions in the law, affecting everything from taxes and local schools to state and federal public policy. Phillips' case will be argued by Cortman and the Alliance Defending Freedom, a growing Arizona-based conservative legal organization that has won five cases in the Supreme Court over the past. Attacking Religious Freedom and the Separation of Religion and GovernmentĪDF is working to undermine the religious equality of all Americans by imposing their extreme religious beliefs on everyone else. That job will fallas it has for nearly three decades-to the nation’s largest Christian and conservative legal defense organization: Scottsdale, Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom. They defend so-called “crisis pregnancy centers” - fake clinics that proselytize rather than provide care, while at the same time working to de-fund Planned Parenthood. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent an Arizona church in Reed v. Supreme Court decisively affirmed Thursday that the government cannot play favorites when it comes to free speech. Undermining Access to Reproductive CareĪDF works to pass legislation and policies that allow hospitals and other health services providers to deny reproductive care based on their religious beliefs. WASHINGTON In a unanimous decision, the U.S. ADF believes that religion should trump civil rights protections for LGBTQ people. Testimonial 'I am very grateful for the training and resources that ADF has poured into me over the years, so that I can be of assistance to our brothers and sisters in Christ and help preserve the civil liberties we have been blessed with. Grant Park Christian Academy’s religious beliefs, including its understanding of the nature of the human person and marriage and family, preclude it from complying with this federal mandate to substitute gender identity for biological sex in any aspect of its activities, especially when it comes to males sharing restrooms with females.Legalizing Discrimination Against LGBTQ PeopleĪDF has pioneered the “License to Discriminate” attack on the rights of LGBTQ people to access government services, public accommodations, housing, healthcare and employment. Prior to receiving a religious exemption, participating schools, including Grant Park Christian Academy, were subject to a new change under Title IX whereby they had to comply with the Biden administration’s expansion of “sex” to include sexual orientation and gender identity in all school operations, including restrooms, dress codes, hiring, and pronouns, or lose funding. Grant Park Christian Academy receives funding for its school lunch program from the USDA through the National School Lunch Program. However, all charter and public schools are still subject to the federal mandate. USDA’s guidance clarifies that religious schools automatically receive a religious exemption and do not have to submit a written request for a Title IX exemption in order to claim a religious exemption. While it shouldn’t have taken a federal lawsuit, at least now, all religious schools like Grant Park Christian Academy who rely on the USDA’s funding to serve nutritious meals to kids in need can continue this vital service in their communities,” said Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Erica Steinmiller-Perdomo. “On behalf of the students at Grant Park Christian Academy in Tampa we filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration 16 days ago, and in that time, we are pleased to see the administration grant not only that Christian school’s request, but rightly honor the religious beliefs of every other religious school in the country by allowing them to continue operating according to the core tenets of their faith. The USDA agreed to automatically respect exemptions to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 for all religious schools “on religious grounds if there is a conflict between Title IX and a school’s governing religious tenets,” thanks to the efforts of attorneys with the Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom. ![]()
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