COVINGTON, Ky. – A Kentucky federal district court granted a motion Wednesday to allow A.C., a high-school athlete from West Virginia, and Christian Educators Association International, an association of teachers, to join a lawsuit suing the Biden administration over its recent attempt to rewrite Title IX, a federal law designed to create equal opportunities for students in education and athletics. A.C. has already lost key opportunities to a male student on her track team and had to endure that student’s vulgar sexual comments while on the team. Christian Educators also face threats to their free speech and to their right to access sex-specific spaces like bathrooms without encountering members of the opposite sex. 

ADF Vice President for Appellate Advocacy John Bursch:  “Religious schools should be allowed to employ teachers and administrators who share the same goals, views, and values that adhere to their religion, and the 4th Circuit’s decision today upholds that fundamental freedom....” 

PASADENA, Calif. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys will be available for media interviews following oral arguments Thursday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Roe v. Critchfield. Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, assisted by attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom, filed a brief in December urging the court to uphold a district court decision that allowed Idaho to protect the privacy, safety, and dignity of all K-12 students in public school’s locker rooms, showers, restrooms, and overnight stays.