Alliance Defending Freedom

Alliance Defending Freedom
AbbreviationADF
FormationMarch 25, 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03-25)[1]
TypeNon-profit organization
54-1660459
HeadquartersScottsdale, Arizona[2]
Terry Schlossberg[3]
Kristen Waggoner[4]
Budget (2022)
$104,000,000[5]: 84 [6]
Revenue (2022)
$104,490,113[7][3][6]
Expenses (2022)$81,311,475[7]
Endowment (2022)$20,295,829[7]
Employees395[7] (in 2022)
Volunteers (2022)
1,351[7]
Websitewww.adflegal.org Edit this at Wikidata
Formerly called
Alliance Defense Fund
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The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), formerly the Alliance Defense Fund, is an American conservative Christian legal advocacy group[8] that works to expand Christian religious liberties and practices within public schools and in government,[9][10] outlaw abortion,[11][12] and oppose LGBTQ rights.[13] ADF is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with branch offices in several locations including Washington, D.C., and New York.[14] Its international subsidiary, Alliance Defending Freedom International, with headquarters in Vienna, Austria,[15] operates in over 100 countries.[16]

ADF is one of the most organized and influential Christian legal interest groups in the United States[17] based on its budget, caseload, network of allied attorneys, and connections to significant members of the political right.[18][19][20] Mike Johnson, a former ADF attorney,[21][22] was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on October 25, 2023.[23][24] Others who have been associated with ADF include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett,[18][25] former vice president Mike Pence,[26] former attorneys general William Barr[27] and Jeff Sessions,[19][28] and Senator Josh Hawley.[29][30]

ADF attorneys have argued a number of cases before the Supreme Court, taking positions including support for religious activity in public school and Christian prayer at town meetings, narrowing insurance coverage for contraceptives, prohibiting same-sex marriage, and supporting businesses in the wedding industry that refuse to service gay marriages.[31] ADF lawyers wrote the model for Mississippi's anti-abortion legislation, leading to the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overrule Roe v. Wade that had established a right to abortion in America in 1973.[32]

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) designates ADF as an anti-LGBT hate group, saying in 2017 that since the election of President Donald Trump ADF had become "one of the most influential groups informing the [Trump] administration's attack on LGBTQ rights".[13][33] The ADF has taken many anti-LGBT positions: it opposes same-sex marriage, decriminalization of same-sex sexual activity, and anti-discrimination laws, and takes an active role in writing model anti-transgender bills for state legislators.[13][34][35]

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  7. ^ a b c d e Eggleston, Rebecca; Batson, Ted R. Jr. (May 11, 2023). Return of organization exempt from income tax 2021: Alliance Defending Freedom (PDF) (Form 990). EIN 541660459. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2023 – via adflegal.org.
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  33. ^ Belanger, Ashley (April 27, 2023). "WebOps platform Pantheon defends hosting "hate groups" as developers quit". Ars Technica. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
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