Alliance Defense Fund
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| Abbreviation | ADF |
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| Motto | For Faith, For Justice |
| Formation | March 25, 1993 |
| Founders |
Bill Bright, Larry Burkett, James Dobson, D. James Kennedy, Marlin Maddoux, and William Pew |
| Type | Non-profit organization |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Purpose | Christian advocacy |
| Headquarters | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Chapman Cox | |
| Michael Farris | |
| Subsidiaries | 15100 LLC, ADF Foundation, ADF Rabbi Trust, 15100 Solar Ltd |
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Revenue (2014)
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$43,596,651 |
| Expenses (2014) | $42,742,612 |
| Endowment | $4,285,445 |
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Employees (2013)
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237 |
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Volunteers (2013)
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686 |
| Mission | To advocate for religious freedom to uphold justice and preserve the right of people to freely live out their faith. |
| Website | www |
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Formerly called
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Alliance Defense Fund |
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF, formerly Alliance Defense Fund) is a 501(c)(3)American conservative Christian nonprofit organization with the stated goal of advocating, training, and funding on the issues of "religious freedom, sanctity of life, and marriage and family." The Southern Poverty Law Center has described the organization as "virulently anti-gay".
ADF supports the inclusion of invocations at public meetings and the use of religious displays (such as crosses and other religious monuments) on public lands and in public buildings. The ADF opposes abortion, and believes that healthcare workers have a right to decline participation in the performance of abortions and other practices an individual health worker finds morally objectionable. ADF opposes same-sex marriage and civil unions, as well as adoption by same-sex couples based on their belief that children are best raised by a married mother and father. ADF believes parents should be able to opt their children out of sex education in schools that run counter to a family's religious beliefs.
ADF states that it has "had various roles of significance" in thirty-eight wins before the United States Supreme Court, including such cases as Rosenberger v. University of Virginia, Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York, and Boy Scouts of America v. Dale. ADF represented a litigant in Perry v. Schwarzenegger in which the Supreme Court ruling in effect allowed same-sex marriage to proceed in California.
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