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1. When Even Thinking Christian Thoughts Is “Wrong"...

http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5350 - 6k - 7/27/2010
2. ADF urges four SC, Fla. governments to resist activist demands to drop prayer practices
The Alliance Defense Fund is urging government bodies in South Carolina and Florida to continue their constitutionally protected practice of praying before public meetings, despite recent threats from atheist organizations. Within the past week alone, ADF, in cooperation with area lawyers who are part of the nearly 1,800 attorneys in the ADF alliance, sent letters to four local governments offering to defend valid invocation policies free of charge.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5348 - 4k - 7/23/2010
3. Fired Calif. professor exonerated in settlement of lawsuit against San Jose college district
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys have reached a settlement with the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a biology professor. Professor June Sheldon was fired after objectively answering a student’s in-class question simply because a different student claimed to be “offended” by her answer, even though it comported with the official class curriculum and a district policy on academic freedom.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5347 - 5k - 7/22/2010
4. Augusta State Univ. to counseling student: change your beliefs or get out
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit against Augusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling student told that her Christian beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession. The student, Jennifer Keeton, has been told to stop sharing her beliefs with others and that she must change her beliefs in order to graduate from the counseling program.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5346 - 5k - 7/22/2010
5. Professor Removed for Teaching Catholicism in a Class on … Catholicism

http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5345 - 3k - 7/20/2010
6. Police say prayer illegal on U.S. Supreme Court grounds
The Alliance Defense Fund sent a letter to U.S. Supreme Court officials Thursday that urges them to stop their police officers from prohibiting people from quietly praying outside the court building. Christian teacher Maureen Rigo, her students, and a few adults were told by a court police officer that they must stop praying there because it was against the law.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5342 - 3k - 7/15/2010
7. In Sweden, Only the Government Can “Legally” Kidnap Your Child

http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5340 - 3k - 7/13/2010
8. Ill. prof. fired for teaching about Catholic beliefs in class on Catholicism
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys sent a letter Monday to University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign officials on behalf of a popular, highly regarded professor who was fired for explaining the position of the Roman Catholic Church on human sexual behavior to members of his Introduction to Catholicism class.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5339 - 4k - 7/12/2010
9. ADF files brief in support of National Day of Prayer's constitutionality
Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed a friend-of-the-court brief Friday in support of the federal government’s appeal of a federal judge’s ruling declaring the observance of the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional. Millions of Americans and thousands of local leaders have traditionally prayed for the nation and its leaders during the annual event, which was codified by Congress in 1952.
http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=5337 - 5k - 7/9/2010
10. Supreme Court Decision Cannot Deter ADF from the Fight for Liberty

http://www.faithandfreedomsunday.com/issues/religiousfreedom/default.aspx?cid=5335 - 3k - 7/8/2010
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