Editing Alliance Defending Freedom (section)

==Associated people==
The following people are currently or have been affiliated or associated with ADF:
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* [[Tony Abbott]], former prime minister of Australia<ref name="abc.net.au" />
* [[William Barr]], former US Attorney General under [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[Donald Trump]], ADF Award recipient in 2021<ref name= barr/>
* [[Amy Coney Barrett]], Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, previously taught constitutional law at Blackstone Legal Fellowship<ref name="WaPoBlackstone" /><ref name="farris-barrett" />
* [[Bill Bright]] founder of [[Campus Crusade for Christ]] and ADF<ref name="founders" />
* [[J. Budziszewski]], professor, member of advisory board of Blackstone<ref name="blackstone">{{Cite web |url=http://www.blackstonelegalfellowship.org/ |title=Blackstone Legal Fellowship |publisher=Alliance Defending Freedom |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064211/http://www.blackstonelegalfellowship.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Larry Burkett]] founder of [[Crown Financial Ministries]] and ADF<ref name="founders" />
* Paul Coleman, executive director of ADF International<ref>{{cite web | url=https://adfinternational.org/paul-coleman/ | title=Paul Coleman | publisher=ADF International | access-date=March 21, 2022 | archive-date=March 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322030008/https://adfinternational.org/paul-coleman/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Chapman B. Cox]], former General Counsel of the United States Department of Defense, ADF chairman emeritus<ref name="leadership">{{Cite web |url=https://www.adflegal.org/about-us/leadership |title=Leadership |date=2018 |publisher=Alliance Defending Freedom |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=February 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203064110/https://www.adflegal.org/about-us/leadership |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Marjorie Dannenfelser]], president of the [[Susan B. Anthony List]] and member of ADF Board<ref name="leadership" />
* [[James Dobson]] founder of [[Focus on the Family]] and ADF<ref name="founders" />
* [[Kyle Duncan (judge)|Kyle Duncan]], judge appointed by Trump to the [[Fifth Circuit]] Court of Appeals, speaker for ADF in 2007, 2008, and 2009<ref name="duncan-bio">{{cite web | title=Kyle Duncan | publisher=U.S. Senate Judiciary | last=Duncan | first=Stuart Kyle | url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Duncan%20SJQ1.pdf | access-date=December 3, 2022 | archive-date=September 19, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919101043/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Duncan%20SJQ1.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Michael Farris (lawyer)|Michael Farris]], president and CEO from 2017 to 2022<ref name="adflegal.org" /><ref name="2022CEO" />
* [[David A. French]], ''[[New York Times]]'' columnist, former Senior Counsel at ADF, formerly a journalist at ''[[National Review]]'' and [[The Dispatch]]<ref name="ross" />
* [[Robert P. George]], legal scholar, member of Blackstone Advisory Board<ref name="blackstone" />
* [[Mary Ann Glendon]], former U. S. Ambassador to the Holy See, member of Blackstone Advisory Board<ref name="blackstone" />
* [[Erin Hawley]], ADF senior counsel (spouse of Senator Josh Hawley)<ref name="erin-hawley-fedsoc" />
* [[Josh Hawley]], U.S. Senator for Missouri, former member of Blackstone Fellowship<ref name =hawley-blackstone>{{cite web |last1=Fenske |first1=Sarah |title=As a Mizzou Prof, Josh Hawley Took Money from Anti-Gay 'Alliance Defending Freedom' |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/06/29/as-a-mizzou-prof-josh-hawley-took-money-from-anti-gay-alliance-defending-freedom |work=[[Riverfront Times|The Riverfront Times]] |date=June 29, 2018 |access-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928200857/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/06/29/as-a-mizzou-prof-josh-hawley-took-money-from-anti-gay-alliance-defending-freedom |url-status=live }}</ref> (spouse of Erin Hawley)
* [[Mike Johnson]], former ADF attorney, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (Representative of Louisiana)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lane |first=Emily |url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/mike_johnson_religious_freedom_1.html |title=Religious freedom bill sponsor Rep. Mike Johnson: Superman for Louisiana's religious right? |date=May 15, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |work=The Times-Picayune |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190356/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/05/mike_johnson_religious_freedom_1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=2023-johnson-cbs/>
* [[Michael J. Juneau]], judge of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana<ref name="broach">{{Cite news |last=Broach |first=Drew |url=http://www.nola.com/national_politics/2018/01/kyle_duncan_michael_juneau_sen.html |title=Kyle Duncan, Michael Juneau backed in 11-10 votes to be federal judges in Louisiana |date=January 19, 2018 |access-date=February 2, 2018 |work=The Times-Picayune |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190355/http://www.nola.com/national_politics/2018/01/kyle_duncan_michael_juneau_sen.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[D. James Kennedy]] founder of [[Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church|Coral Ridge Ministries]] and ADF<ref name="founders" />
* [[Charles LiMandri]], attorney associated with the [[Mount Soledad cross controversy|Mount Soledad Cross lawsuits]]
* [[Marlin Maddoux]] president, International Christian Media and ADF founder<ref name="founders" />
* [[Edwin Meese]], former Attorney General of the United States, member of Blackstone Advisory Board<ref name="blackstone" />
* [[Mike Pence]], former Vice President of the United States; appointed former ADF President Michael Farris to his Advancing American Freedom Advisory Board<ref name="pence-advisory" />
* William Pew, co-founder of ADF<ref name="founders" />
* [[Charles W. Pickering]], former judge for the [[Fifth Circuit]] Court of Appeals, ADF Board member<ref name="leadership" />
* [[Charles E. Rice]], legal scholar, member of Blackstone Advisory Board<ref name="blackstone" />
* [[Allison Jones Rushing]], judge of the [[Fourth Circuit]] Court of Appeals<ref>{{Cite news |author=Jennifer Bendery |author-link=Jennifer Bendery |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-judicial-nominees-republicans_us_5bd0c08ee4b0d38b587f50e6 |title=Senate's Out? Nobody's Around? Perfect Time To Advance Trump's Court Picks, Says GOP. |date=October 24, 2018 |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=October 26, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026110435/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-judicial-nominees-republicans_us_5bd0c08ee4b0d38b587f50e6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="2019-03-06-nbc">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-newly-confirmed-federal-judge-has-ties-anti-gay-n980281 |title=Trump's new federal judge has ties to anti-gay 'hate group' |publisher=NBC News |date=March 6, 2019 |access-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307012151/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-newly-confirmed-federal-judge-has-ties-anti-gay-n980281 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Andrew Sandlin]], Christian minister, faculty member at Blackstone<ref name="blackstone" />
* [[Alan Seabaugh]], member of Louisiana legislature, ADF-allied attorney<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alanseabaugh.com/about-alana-seabaugh-louisianastate-representative/ |title=Meet Alan |publisher=Alan Seabrough State Representative |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202190244/http://alanseabaugh.com/about-alana-seabaugh-louisianastate-representative/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Alan Sears]], attorney, and founder and first president and CEO of ADF
* [[Jeff Sessions]], former U.S. Attorney General under Donald Trump and U.S. Senator for Alabama<ref name="holden" /><ref name="sessions-adf" />
*[[Brantley Starr]], United States district judge of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-business/ap-legal-experts-question-judges-order-telling-southwest-lawyers-to-get-religious-liberty-training/|title=Legal experts question judge's order telling Southwest lawyers to get religious-liberty training|work=The Hill |date=August 12, 2023 }}</ref>
* [[Ken Starr]], judge and [[independent counsel]] in [[Clinton impeachment]], member of ADF's Supreme Court Advisory Council<ref>{{cite web | title=ADF celebrates extraordinary life of Judge Ken Starr, religious liberty champion | date=September 14, 2022 | publisher=Alliance Defending Freedom Legal | url=https://adflegal.org/press-release/adf-celebrates-extraordinary-life-judge-ken-starr-religious-liberty-champion | access-date=December 4, 2022 | archive-date=December 4, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204052128/https://adflegal.org/press-release/adf-celebrates-extraordinary-life-judge-ken-starr-religious-liberty-champion | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Lawrence VanDyke]], federal judge for the [[U.S. Court of Appeals|Ninth Circuit]], former ADF legal intern and law student training panelist<ref name="vandyke" />
* [[Kristen Waggoner]], ADF President and CEO as of 2022
* [[Doug Wardlow]], former Minnesota legislator, former lawyer at ADF<ref name="Bierschbach">{{Cite web |url=https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2018/01/campaign-become-minnesotas-next-attorney-general-crowded-intense-and-very-mu |title=The campaign to become Minnesota's next attorney general is crowded, intense — and very much under the radar |last=Bierschbach |first=Briana |date=January 10, 2018 |work=MinnPost |access-date=February 2, 2018 |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118122650/https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2018/01/campaign-become-minnesotas-next-attorney-general-crowded-intense-and-very-mu |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Villarreal|first=Daniel|date=February 17, 2021|title=MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's Lawyer Doug Wardlow Announces Run for Minnesota Attorney General|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-s-lawyer-doug-wardlow-announces-run-for-minnesota-attorney-general/ar-BB1dM0zR|url-status=live|access-date=May 18, 2021|website=MSN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518141120/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-s-lawyer-doug-wardlow-announces-run-for-minnesota-attorney-general/ar-BB1dM0zR |archive-date=May 18, 2021 }}</ref>
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