Christian lawyers claim religious persecution: Will the Supreme Court agree?

Religion Dispatches: “Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez, a closely-watched case by both the religious right and civil liberties advocates . . . [Alan Sears], the president of the Alliance Defense Fund (which is CLS’s co-counsel in the case), told the Values Voters Summit in 2007, ‘the homosexual agenda and religious freedom are on a collision course,’ and claimed the goals of the ‘homosexual agenda’ included silencing religious speech . . . Through its Speak Up Movement, ADF has created a special niche for drumming up cases at colleges and universities, and for pitting the values of academia against what it portrays as the constitutional rights of Christians to ‘live out your faith on campus.’”