What ADF Really Does

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW214114228 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Last month, National Public Radio joined the growing fearmongering and dogpiling aimed at the Alliance Defending Freedom. The</span> <em><span data-contrast= "auto">Fresh Air</span></em> <span data-contrast="auto">interview was hosted by Terry Gross and featured David Kirkpatrick, who authored an extensive expose about the religious freedom group in</span> <a href= "https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/09/alliance-defending-freedoms-legal-crusade"> <em><span data-contrast="none">The</span></em> <em><span data-contrast="none">New Yorker</span></em></a><span data-contrast= "auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The article and the interview painted ADF as being against women’s rights and LGBTQ equality, as if there were no progressive push to curb the freedom of speech or to standardize mail-order chemical abortions or to mainstream radical gender ideology for second graders.  </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">In the article, Kirkpatrick sounded as alarmist as Terry Gross, implying that somehow ADF is part of the aggressive religious plot to take over America. In the interview, he was calm and thoughtful, reigning in her soft-spoken hysteria. In the end, it’s a lesson in just how important our worldviews are. They make all the difference in what we see, what we conclude is wrong with the world, and how the world can be made better.</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> </div>