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Alliance Defending Freedom
July 25, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
A Real Wedding Website in a Fake Gay Wedding Website Case
An archive shows that the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case did once design a wedding website, contrary to what her lawyers presented during her legal challenge.
July 6, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The Straight Man in the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Not the Real Problem
The Christian group behind the Supreme Court wedding website case would rather stoke controversy about the fake inquiry than have us look at how its own story has changed.
June 28, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The Christian Right Is Making Up Wedding Websites to Attack LGBTQ People
What’s curious about the 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis case is that no actual offense to religious freedoms occurred in the first place.
February 17, 2022
Melissa Gira Grant
The Groups Pushing Anti-Trans Laws Want to Divide the LGBTQ Movement
The same people keep pushing bill after bill, developing their strategy as they go.
February 19, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Mothers Leading the Battle Against Trans Student Athletes
Their tactics mirror those employed by white mothers who fought school integration: disguising bigotry with pleas to protect children.
November 23, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Dangerous Inversions of the Debate Around Trans “Censorship”
The author of a book on the supposed “transgender craze seducing our daughters” claims she is being silenced. It is a very loud silence.
October 14, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
Amy Coney Barrett’s Gentle Deceptions
The Supreme Court nominee would have us believe she’s just a vessel for the law, but her rise to conservative power tells the real story.
September 22, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
The Accelerating Attack on Trans Student Athletes
The Trump administration’s fight to dismantle trans students’ rights is a reminder of how fragile Supreme Court victories really are.
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