The Alliance Defending Freedom doubles down on its call to civil discourse.
Last week, we were honored to have U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speak at the Alliance Defending Freedom Summit on Religious Liberty, where he reiterated the Trump administration's commitment to upholding the first freedoms of every American.
In his remarks, Sessions, who many in the media lambasted for speaking at the same event a year ago, also confronted the troubling smear of ADF as a "Hate group" by the once-venerable Southern Poverty Law Center.
Sessions went on to say that, at his direction, the Department of Justice is reviewing partner organizations to make sure they no longer work with groups that, like the SPLC, "Unfairly defame Americans for standing up for the Constitution or their faith." Anticipating those strong words from Sessions, the SPLC released a statement from its president, Richard Cohen, defending its purposeful vilification of ADF and others with whom it disagrees.
Will we stand up for free speech for all, or will we give in to the growing impulse to harass, vilify, and coerce every person who disagrees with our views? Will we stand for freedom of the press, even when we don't like its viewpoint? These rights travel together and must both be defended.
It's the same story in the academy, as you can see in recent comments from Georgetown University law professor Louis Michael Seidman to the New York Times, who said what he has "Come to see is that it's a mistake to think of free speech as an effective means to accomplish a more just society."
In NIFLA, pro-abortion California passed a law that compelled pro-life pregnancy centers to provide free advertising for the abortion industry rather than respecting these groups' life-affirming views.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/southern-poverty-law-center-hate-label-deserves-vigorous-response/
Last week, we were honored to have U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speak at the Alliance Defending Freedom Summit on Religious Liberty, where he reiterated the Trump administration's commitment to upholding the first freedoms of every American.
In his remarks, Sessions, who many in the media lambasted for speaking at the same event a year ago, also confronted the troubling smear of ADF as a "Hate group" by the once-venerable Southern Poverty Law Center.
Sessions went on to say that, at his direction, the Department of Justice is reviewing partner organizations to make sure they no longer work with groups that, like the SPLC, "Unfairly defame Americans for standing up for the Constitution or their faith." Anticipating those strong words from Sessions, the SPLC released a statement from its president, Richard Cohen, defending its purposeful vilification of ADF and others with whom it disagrees.
Will we stand up for free speech for all, or will we give in to the growing impulse to harass, vilify, and coerce every person who disagrees with our views? Will we stand for freedom of the press, even when we don't like its viewpoint? These rights travel together and must both be defended.
It's the same story in the academy, as you can see in recent comments from Georgetown University law professor Louis Michael Seidman to the New York Times, who said what he has "Come to see is that it's a mistake to think of free speech as an effective means to accomplish a more just society."
In NIFLA, pro-abortion California passed a law that compelled pro-life pregnancy centers to provide free advertising for the abortion industry rather than respecting these groups' life-affirming views.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/southern-poverty-law-center-hate-label-deserves-vigorous-response/
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