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Funding

"The ADF, which according to filings had an income of almost $40m last year, is funded by benefactors including Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater private security giant, the Covenant Foundation, which is financed by a leading member of the Texas Christian right, James Leininger, and the Bolthouse Foundation, a charity that rejects evolution"

from this Guardian article, http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/sep/02/abortion-debate-dorries-campaign

I thought it might be good to add some information on this but I'm new to all this Wikipedia stuff. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.41.164 (talk) 01:54, 10 January 2012‎

Much more on ADF finances and its founding here: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/05/01/3429448/alliance-defending-freedom/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.22.206.118 (talk) 21:38, 16 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at

WP:NPOVN#SPLC comments removed at Alliance Defending Freedom - should have added this weeks ago. Doug Weller (talk) 20:00, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Changing Mission

The ADF's old FAQ used to say they were only doing legal aid:

"This means that, while we defend legislative initiatives pertaining to our mission in court, and join forces with allies in many legal endeavors, Alliance Defending Freedom refrains from participating in or promoting any type of legislation or political parties, including handing out voter guides or reviews of judges. Alliance Defending Freedom also does not lobby government officials."

Their FAQ now says thy advise legislators:

"This means that, while we may provide legal advice to legislators and allies or defend legislative initiatives pertaining to our mission in court, and join forces with allies in many legal endeavors, Alliance Defending Freedom refrains from participating in or promoting any type of legislation or political parties, including handing out voter guides or reviews of judges. Alliance Defending Freedom also does not lobby government officials."

What this seems to mean in practice is shopping model bills to oppose transgender student protections (http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/?CID=82478) and set up state "religious freedom restoration" laws (http://national.deseretnews.com/article/3269/here8217s-why-your-state-may-be-expanding-religious-freedom-protections-this-year.html).

Does someone want to take a crack at putting some appropriate wording together about this?

It's probably also highly relevant to add the extensive work ADF has done with the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities parallel to the Becket Fund re. the HHS contraceptive mandate, and other things since ADF has a senior attorney on the CCCU board.