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Lawyer with Anti-Gay Christian Litigation Group 'Alliance Defense Fund' Guilty of Child Porn Charges

Back in November I reported that Lisa Biron, a Manchester, New Hampshire lawyer associated with Alliance Defending Freedom (better and formerly known as the Alliance Defense Fund, an anti-gay Christian law group) was arrested on child pornography charges for videotaping...

Alliance Defense Fund Seeks Donations

The Alliance Defense Fund is seeking donations to train the coming crop of anti-gay attorneys. (I may have tweaked the above image.)RELATED: In March 2011 the ADF inducted Lisa Biron into their "Honor Corps." Congratulations to allied...Show More Summary

Obama’s HHS Mandate: Defeated in 10 of 14 Court Cases So Far

Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, one of the many pro-life groups that have been fighting the pro-abrotion HHS mandate in court, tell LifeNews that the Obama adminsitration has been defeated in 10 of 14 court cases, so far. Although the cases are all in the lower court stage and the battle have been the [...]

AM News: Cops In Schools, Flu In The Classroom

Police in schools may be included in Obama's plan Denver Post: A coalition of progressive groups — including the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Advancement Project, the Alliance for Educational Justice and Dignity in Schools — plans to release a report Friday. Show More Summary

Alliance Defense Fund Lawyer Found Guilty On Eight Felony Child Porn Counts

In her day job, Alliance Defense Fund lawyer provides free legal work for Christians working to thwart LGBT rights. But her other job of producing child pornography just won her eight felony convictions. A Manchester lawyer has been found guilty of exploiting a 14-year-old girl to produce child pornography, The Associated Press reported. Show More Summary

Child Porn Trial Begins For Christian Alliance Defense Fund Lawyer

As you may know, the Alliance Defense Fund is the anti-gay Christian legal group that provides free lawyers to just about anybody working to thwart civil rights for LGBT Americans. As I reported in November, one of their lawyers has been arrested and charged with multiple felony counts related to child pornography. Show More Summary

MICHIGAN: School Settles With Expelled Counselor Who Refused Gay Clients

Yesterday Eastern Michigan University settled the lawsuit of a counseling gra duate student who was expelled in 2008 after refusing to treat gay clients. The suit was brought in 2009 by the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund, who represented the student pro bono. Show More Summary

#Prop8 legal group: Pray God will 'restore' those 'suffering' gays

The Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly the Alliance Defense Fund) has represented the Proposition 8 proponents at every step in the legal process. So it's important for us to know what this same organization believes about gay people: [Official ADF "Pray...

ADF confuses itself for Webster's, confuses own echo chamber for America

The Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly the Alliance Defense Fund) is passing around this graphic on social media: Well that'll show us! They name a limited reality that doesn't match fact, make it look like an official definition, couple it with...

Christian Clerks Don’t Have To Issue Newly Legal Gay Marriage Licenses, Says Legal Group

Devoutly-religious legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly the Alliance Defense Fund) has sent out memos to clerks in Maine, Maryland and Washington informing them that they don’t have to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples if it violates their beliefs. Charisma News reports: Three new legal memos advise municipal clerks in Maine, county clerks in [...]

ADF teaches paid government employees how to get fired

Because of course they are: Alliance Defense Fund Tells Christian Clerks Not To Issue Marriage Licenses [J.M.G.] In a related story, ADF will soon tell McDonald's fry cooks that their employment contracts have a loophole allowing them to take a...

Lawyer with Anti-Gay Christian Litigation Group 'Alliance Defense Fund' Arrested by FBI on Child Porn Charges

Lisa Biron, a Manchester, New Hampshire lawyer associated with Alliance Defending Freedom (better and formerly known as the Alliance Defense Fund, an anti-gay Christian law group) was arrested Friday morning on child pornography charges, the Concord Monitor reports: A Manchester...

Alliance Defense Fund Tells Christian Clerks Not To Issue Marriage Licenses

In what may be a rerun of the battles fought in New York state, the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund is telling Christian clerks in Maryland, Maine, and Washington that they do not have to issue same-sex marriage licenses if they find that offensive. Show More Summary

Anti-Gay Christian Lawyer Arrested For Possession Of Child Pornography

A Connecticut member of the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund, which has filed numerous lawsuits in opposition to LGBT rights nationwide, has been arrested on multiple felony charges related to child pornography. A Manchester lawyer took...Show More Summary

October 7th: Pulpit Freedom Sunday

The anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund has organized the second annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday. About 1,000 pastors will challenge the IRS in October by deliberately preaching politics ahead of the presidential election despite a federal ban on endorsements from the pulpit. Show More Summary

Check out this powerful ADF video defending marriage

by Ben Johnson The Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly the Alliance Defense Fund) has released a powerful new video defending marriage entitled, “Why Marriage Matters.” It carefully details the reasons marriage – the kind that does not require a hyphen – has been established, nurtured, promoted, and protected…

Alliance Defense Fund On DOMA: Gay Activists Are Like Polygamists & Racists

Anti-Gay Group Compares Gay Activists To Polygamists And Racists

The Alliance Defending Freedom — a group that’s just as anti-gay as it was before changing its name from the Alliance Defense Fund — has released a new video defending the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act, which of course the National Organization for Marriage is promoting as “excellent.” In it, ADF attempts to rewrite history, comparing LGBT [...]

LBJ, the IRS, and Churches: The Unconstitutionality of the Johnson Amendment

Erik W. Stanley (Senior Legal Counsel, Alliance Defense Fund), LBJ, the IRS, and Churches: The Unconstitutionality of the Johnson Amendment in Light of Recent Supreme Court Precedent, 24 Regent U. L. Rev. 237 (2012): Part I of this Article examines the history of church tax exemption and demonstrates that exemption...

Christian Sites Pounce After Elton John Laments That His Son Is "Motherless"

During an interview yesterday with Matt Lauer, Elton John said that he was worried about the day that his son learns about his birth story, leading some anti-gay sites to immediately print the quote. The Alliance Defense Fund headlined...Show More Summary