![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Austin Nimocks, then-ADF senior counsel opposing a “Welcoming Schools” curriculum, 2008 When school officials have to choose between protecting children in those families or furthering the homosexual agenda, the choice is obvious: protecting our children comes first.” “The government should promote and encourage strong families. The group has also said that “control of the educational system is central to those who want to advance the homosexual agenda.” From SPLC: ĪDF claimed school officials must choose between “protecting children” or “the homosexual agenda” and said “control of the educational system is central to those who want to advance the homosexual agenda.” According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), ADF has claimed that school officials must “choose between protecting children in these families or furthering the homosexual agenda,” showing the group’s intent to affect LGBTQ policy in schools. In August, ADF wrote a letter threatening possible litigation to a Michigan school district board after an elementary school there adopted a policy allowing transgender students to use the restrooms that align with their gender identity. A number of proposed “bathroom bills” and school policies across the country mirror ADF’s model policy. ADF’s representatives, affiliated groups, and network of more than 3,000 “allied attorneys” have employed a range of strategies to affect public school policy surrounding transgender students, including testifying at local school events, suing school districts for implementing trans-inclusive policies, and sending letters to thousands of school districts nationwide pushing its anti-transgender model “Student Physical Privacy” policy. The group has relentlessly advocated for local school district policies and state-level legislation that deny transgender students access to the restroom facilities that align with their gender identity. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is an anti-LGBTQ hate group leading the national campaign against transgender student equality. Sarah Wasko / Media Matters ADF has a long track record of promoting anti-LGBTQ discrimination in schoolsĪDF is leading the multistate “bathroom bill” fight against transgender students’ access to restrooms that align with their gender identity. ![]()
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