The Fascist state of New York passed a state law, SB 660, that seeks to violate Americans’ rights to free association by forcing non-profit groups to accept members that are not aligned with the groups’ core beliefs and purpose, including forcing Christian Pro-Life groups to accept non-Christian, unborn-child-murder advocates into their fold.
Alliance for Defense of Freedom (ADF) is defending multiple groups against the far left, anti-American law. ADF Senior Counsel Caleb Dalton said of the case going forward (which he will be arguing) “Religious employers must be able to continue to hire like-minded individuals who share their core beliefs, and no government can force faith-based organizations to contradict those convictions. We are asking the 2nd Circuit to uphold the constitutionally protected freedoms of our clients as they fulfill their critical service to the community.”
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Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys are presenting oral arguments at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in CompassCare v. Hochul.
ADF attorneys represent CompassCare, a faith-based pregnancy center in Rochester; First Bible Baptist Church; and the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, an association of pro-life pregnancy centers. All of these groups are nonprofits seeking to protect their freedom to employ individuals who agree with their fundamental beliefs and missions.
At issue is a New York state law, SB 660, which requires all employers—including churches, religious schools, faith-based pregnancy care centers, and religious nonprofits—to undermine their own beliefs about abortion, contraception, and sexual morality by forcing them to employ those who refuse to abide by the organizations’ statements of faith and core principles about such issues. The law violates the groups’ First Amendment rights.