Tag Archives: ADF: Joe Infranco

Sea Coast Online: “The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) filed the suit Wednesday, Oct. 7 in U.S. District Court in Concord claiming Mark Frost’s and Jayson Gardner’s freedom of speech rights were violated when they were arrested on Aug. 4, 2008 on charges of disorderly conduct. ”

Christian Post: “A Christian legal firm filed suit Wednesday on behalf of two Christian men who were arrested for witnessing on the streets. Mark Frost and Jayson Gardner were charged last year under a N.H. law against ‘unreasonable or loud’ noise. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund argue the men’s free speech rights were denied. ‘Christians shouldn’t be arrested for expressing their beliefs. Arresting someone simply because he chooses to exercise his First Amendment rights in a public place is unconstitutional,’ said ADF Senior Counsel Joseph Infranco, in a statement.”

“State law against ‘unreasonable or loud’ noise used to arrest Christians sharing gospel but not enforced against town-sponsored concerts.”

WSJ Law Blog: “[Salazar v. Buono] involves whether a cross erected in a national preserve in California to honor veterans violates the Establishment Clause of the Constitution . . . Furthermore, we’d be remiss in not mentioning the week-long point/counterpoint on the case nicely packaged by the LA Times. They’re calling the feature “Dust-Up,” and in each of four exchanges, UC Irvine professor Erwin Chemrinsky faces off against Joseph Infranco, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund.”

“If a federal appeals court has its way, the box and the memorial soon will be gone forever. Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court will review the ruling at the request of the Department of Justice . . . ”

“Salazar vs. Buono . . . Erwin Chemerinsky and Joseph Infranco debate the case and its possible implications, including whether any religious symbol should be permitted on government land and who should have the standing to sue over such displays . . . Today’s topic: Who should have standing to sue over displaying religious icons on public land?”

“Salazar vs. Buono . . . Erwin Chemerinsky and Joseph Infranco debate the case and its possible implications, including whether any religious symbol should be permitted on government land and who should have the standing to sue over such displays.”

On October 7th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Salazar v. Buono, No. 08-472.

LA Times: “Joseph Infranco says it would be ludicrous to infer an endorsement of religion from a cross-shaped memorial. Erwin Chemerinsky says religious symbols belong in homes and places of worship, not on publicly owned property.”

OneNewsNow: “Joe Infranco, a senior counsel with ADF, comments on the case. ‘They’ve demonstrated a desire to protect the constitutional rights of this family,’ he says of the county officials. ‘They sent the family a very nice, and I think heartfelt, apology, and they have let the pastor know that he is free to have Bible studies in his home.’”

“The county has clearly responded in the right way to this incident so far, demonstrating a desire to protect the constitutional rights of this family,” said ADF Senior Counsel Joe Infranco. “We look forward to a positive outcome from its internal policy review.”

ADF Senior Counsel Joe Infranco: “On March 9, with a stroke of his pen, President Obama signed an executive order that provides federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The president’s terse but chilling justification was that “science should trump ideology.” The statement is a masterpiece of legerdemain, disguising its false premise and frightening implications while miscommunicating the nature and meaning of science.”

OneNewsNow reports: “There were some vacant pieces of property that the church was using for things like picnics or outdoor events or hiking or youth retreats, and the county seemed to be taking the position that just because you don’t put buildings on the property, it’s not a valid church use [and] we’re going to take it off the tax rolls,” [Joe Infranco] explains.

Stop the ACLU: “One person’s agenda shouldn’t diminish the sacrifices made by America’s veterans and their families,” said ADF Senior Counsel Joe Infranco. “The ACLU claims to be ‘the foremost defender of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.’ Most Americans know, however, that title really belongs to the veterans whose memorial the ACLU is attacking.”

SanDiego6.com: “The city will appeal a jury’s decision to award four San Diego firefighters more than $34,000 in a sexual harassment case they brought after being assigned to ride in a gay pride parade, it was announced Tuesday. The City Council voted 7-0 behind closed doors — Councilman Tony Young was absent from Monday’s meeting . . . ” ADF attorney Joe Infranco is pictured in the photo.

Joe Infranco: “The ACLU claims to be ‘the foremost defender of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.’ Most Americans know, however, that title really belongs to the veterans whose memorial the ACLU is attacking.”

County officials had originally demanded that 784 “church organizations” submit forms and information or else risk loss of tax-exempt status, despite Minnesota law that exempts churches from such requirements.

Catholic.net (NC Register): “In a hearing here March 5, California Supreme Court justices seemed strongly inclined to uphold Proposition 8 . . . As for the outcome of the case, Joe Infranco, an Alliance Defense Fund lawyer working on the Prop. 8 issue, said his group is “confident the justices are going to recognize the democratic process and do the right thing.”

Lynn Vincent writes at World Magazine: According to Joe Infranco, a senior attorney with the conservative Alliance Defense Fund who attended Thursday’s hearing, most of the justices seemed receptive to Starr’s argument that Proposition 8 was a proper constitutional amendment …

Opposing Views carries this ADF commentary that begins: The main reason for hiring firefighters, one might reason, is to fight fires… not spark controversy. But San Diego officials opted to create a firestorm when they compelled four city firefighters – …

WorldNetDaily reports on the case involving Fireman forced to participate in a “gay pride” parade: . . . “Government employees should never be forced to participate in events or acts that violate their sincerely held beliefs,” said Charles LiMandri, the …

The settlement means that the church can now use a former Wal-Mart building it purchased and renovated after the city and its mayor approved the church’s use of the building and then backed out of the agreement.

An Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney has secured an agreement to keep a hospitalized patient’s feeding tubes in place to preserve her life.

However, he said, “Americans should be aware that such lawsuits may seem far-fetched, but they really are happening … and foreign legal decisions are increasingly cited in American courts.”

A Florida court ruled Monday that voters have a right to decide whether to end public funding discrimination against religious individuals and groups for non-religious social services and programs.

An Alaska court has ruled that a property tax exemption for religious schools does not violate either the state or federal constitution. ADF-allied attorney Kevin Clarkson represented two churches in the case.

A federal judge issued an order Tuesday that will permit a Christian ministry to hand out literature and speak about their religious viewpoint at an annual “PrideFest” event celebrating homosexual behavior.

After a negotiated settlement, Alliance Defense Fund allied attorneys secured a court order Thursday barring the city of Grand Rapids from preventing a group of Christians from publicly expressing a religious message at a city park.

The Alaska Supreme Court granted an Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney’s motion for stay and signed an order Friday that will keep Providence Hospital from removing Mari Chamberlain’s life-support tubes. Ending her life support could result in her death within minutes or days.

A state judge has signed an order, requested by an ADF allied attorney, to appoint a committee that will make recommendations on the health of Karen Weber whose husband wants to have her feeding tube removed . . .

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A Georgia court granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the city of Suwanee Friday, allowing construction of a Catholic elementary school to begin.

Ramsey County officials are demanding that nearly 800 churches and related organizations submit forms and information or else risk loss of tax-exempt status, despite Minnesota law that exempts churches from such requirements

An ADF-allied attorney filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday after a new Bellmead ordinance forced a church to stop operating a ministry for parolees. The House Where Jesus Shines, Inc., sponsored by the Church of the Open Door, is suing the city of Bellmead for intentionally changing the zoning on the ministry’s newly purchased property to preclude it from opening its doors, even though it is in an industrial zone.

A court Thursday blocked the city of Chicago’s attempt to stop a lawsuit filed by an ADF-allied attorney representing Beth-El All Nations Church.

“The California marriage amendment will allow the people of California, not politicians or courts, to decide the meaning of marriage and place that meaning inside the Constitution,” Joseph Infranco, an attorney for Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona group helping the initiative campaign, said as he delivered about 44,000 petitions to Sacramento County’s registrar of voters office.

Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Joe Infranco will lead a press conference Thursday when signed petitions from California voters in favor of a marriage amendment to the state constitution are submitted to the Sacramento County Office of the Registrar of Voters.

Christian students at high schools nationwide will participate in the fourth annual “Day of Truth” on April 28.

Alejandro Juarez, chairman of Basic Rights Eugene/Springfield has written this response to an earlier commentary in the Register-Guard by ADF attorney Joe Infranco: Let Oregon voters rule on domestic partnerships.  

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Florida appeals court upholds ruling in favor of HOA in ADF-supported case against men running porn Web site from home

ADF Attorney Joe Infranco appears on Penn State radio to discuss the case. ADF’s press release on the case is here. Listen to the 40 minute audio interview on mp3 here (9 mb).