Article Profiles Alliance Defense Fund

Earlier this week, the Washington Spectator ran a long article on the activities of the Alliance Defense Fund, titled: Army of God-- The Legal Muscle Leading the Fight to End the Separation of Church and State. Here is an excerpt:

Through its National Litigation Academy, ADF has trained more than 900 lawyers, who commit themselves to performing 450 hours of pro bono legal work "on behalf of the body of Christ." It doles out millions of dollars a year to other Christian Right organizations—many of which are already well endowed—to cover attorneys' fees and costs.

Its three principal goals are protecting the "sanctity of human life" ...; promoting the "traditional family" ...; and ensuring the "religious freedom" of Christians.... Using the propaganda machinery of conservative media outlets and churches, ADF has created a zeitgeist of Christian victimhood....

(See prior related posting.)