What is ADF?

I received some mail that I just opened this morning. The title on the page said "ACLU Threatening Christians with Jail".

This got my attention and caused me to want to investigate this organization and look up their website. (The letters stand for Alliance Defense Fund but that didn't tell me much.)

I did and as an American and especially a Christian, I hope you will go check out this site also.

Some highlights of what I was sent include, "Sears warns that the ACLU's agenda, if successful, spells the death of the nation the Founding Fathers secured for us", "For 87 years, the American Civil Liberties Union and its allies have fought to silence Christians with coercive court orders & huge financial judgements. Now they're increasingly demanding JAIL for those that don't comply!", and "Arrested for Giving out Free Bibles".

Here are a couple of quotes from the ACLU that certainly got my attention.

In regards to a school that allowed a private individual to pray before a school event, "Their refusal to comply...should and must result in their removal from society".

In South Carolina, where it is a tradition of the city council to open with prayer the ACLU had a meeting. At this meeting the ACLU said "Prayers should not be allowed. Especially prayers to Jesus...If they continue to break the law, I want to say, the handcuffs are going to come." The article further states that the city council gave in to the ACLU's demands and got rid of their long-standing tradition.

I encourage you to go to this page. Just scroll down it to see what kind of topics we are dealing with.

One that caught my eye was about a parent that was told she could NOT read the Bible to her child. Apparently, the school was having a day where parents could come read a book to their child (kindergarten). This child wanted the parent to read from the Bible. Is that against the law in AMERICA??? You can read the whole story here.

Below is the purpose and history of the Alliance Defense Fund from their website.

Purpose
The Alliance Defense Fund is a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation.

History
Responding to the urgent need for the legal defense and advocacy of religious freedom, the leaders of 35 ministries came together in 1994 to launch ADF.