| From | Kristen Waggoner <[email protected]> |
| Subject | FW: Breaking news from the U.S. Supreme Court |
| Date | October 8, 2019 12:18 PM |
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It’s their last shot…
Dear John,
For the last several months, Alliance Defending Freedom has been preparing to provide the best possible legal defense for Tom Rost and his business, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, at the U.S. Supreme Court. Arguments in the case are happening today, and Lord willing, that preparation will pay off with a victory.
If you have two minutes to spare, I’d like to take a moment to explain just how important today’s Supreme Court case is to your freedom and the future of this country.
It all began when a male funeral director who had worked at Harris Funeral Homes for nearly six years gave Tom a letter. The letter expressed the employee’s plan to begin dressing and presenting as a woman at work while serving grieving families.
When Tom declined to go along with the employee’s plan to violate the funeral home’s sex-specific dress code, the employee filed a complaint, and Tom was sued for sex discrimination.
John, for more than 100 years, Tom’s family has operated Harris Funeral Homes consistently with federal law. That includes having professional dress and conduct codes to help ensure families can focus on processing their grief rather than on the funeral home and its employees.
But now, the ACLU is trying to punish Tom and effectively redefine “sex” to include “gender identity” in federal law.
I’m sure you can imagine how difficult this is for Tom and his family. No one should be punished for complying with the law.
And make no mistake; this isn’t about sex discrimination.
This case is about who has the power to make laws in America — and whether all of us can rely on what the law actually says rather than what unelected officials want it to mean.
Thankfully, through the prayers and generous support of people like you, we will argue this case at the Supreme Court today. Thank you for helping to make this happen.
It is also important that you know how this case could impact us all.
The High Court’s decision will affect so much more than funeral home dress codes. (You can read more about what a win in this case could mean for Tom — and for your freedom — in the email I’ve forwarded you below.)
John, this case is the perfect example of why we must continue to stand up when our freedoms are threatened — and when those in power abuse their positions to punish people like Tom.
But we cannot do it alone. Your help is needed to keep fighting for your freedom — and to win.
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Our opponents are heavily funded. But praise God that He continues to provide us with the resources we need to protect our fundamental freedoms.
He’s using your prayers and financial support to make these legal battles possible. And He can use any gift you give today to further advance this Kingdom work to protect freedom for us all and keep the doors open for the Gospel.
We cannot let our brothers and sisters face these battles alone. We must stand together if we are going to protect our freedom today — and in the future.
Thank you for giving generously.
Kristen K. Waggoner
Senior Vice President of U.S. Legal Division & Communications
Alliance Defending Freedom
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Subject: It’s their last shot…
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What a win at the U.S. Supreme Court would mean for Tom and Nancy — and for us all
Dear John,
25 years ago, Tom and Nancy Rost heard about a small legal organization called Alliance Defense Fund.
They liked that the ministry (now called Alliance Defending Freedom) shared their own commitment to religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and marriage and the family. It was encouraging to know that there was a group out there defending these issues in court and representing people of faith.
But they never imagined that 25 years later, they would be standing for freedom at an October 8th U.S. Supreme Court oral argument with ADF by their side.
A generous family has provided a $2 million challenge grant to help defend Tom and Nancy and others like them. Today, you can help further the impact for freedom and provide the Rost family and their business—R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes—with the best possible defense at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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DONATE
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How Tom and Nancy ended up at the U.S. Supreme Court
Tom and Nancy are the owners of the award-winning R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes in Michigan. The 100-year-old business has been passed down through five generations of Tom’s family.
In 2013, a male funeral director gave Tom a letter. The letter informed Tom that the employee planned to begin dressing and presenting as a woman while working with the grieving families Harris Funeral Homes serves.
Harris Funeral Homes has a sex-specific dress code as part of its professional codes of conduct. Those policies help ensure that families can focus on the grieving process rather than the funeral home or its staff.
The dress code is also consistent with industry standard and federal law. Every employee agrees to follow the dress code upon being hired — including this funeral director who had followed the dress code during nearly six years of employment.
After careful consideration, Tom ultimately decided that he could not go along with the employee’s plan to violate the dress code.
But the employee filed a complaint against Tom with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC then sued Tom and Harris Funeral Homes for sex discrimination.
It didn’t matter that Tom’s sex-specific dress code is consistent with federal law. The EEOC believed that “sex” should mean “gender identity” in federal employment law, and it imposed this view on Tom in its efforts to punish him.
While the federal government has since changed its position and now agrees with Tom that “sex” in federal employment law refers to biological sex, the ACLU is still pursuing the case against Harris Funeral Homes.
Please fight this injustice and help support Tom and Nancy as they stand for freedom at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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What a win would mean for Tom and Nancy — and for us all
John, what do you think our country would look like if government agencies and unelected bureaucrats could change the law to advance their own political interests?
When the EEOC first tried to punish Harris Funeral Homes, it took the law into its own hands. But only Congress has the power to make laws. It says so in our Constitution!
That’s why this case is about more than dress codes and employment laws.
The U.S. Supreme Court must decide: Can unelected bureaucrats and judges bypass Congress and change the law to mean what they want it to mean?
This is a big deal.
A win for Tom and Nancy at the U.S. Supreme Court will preserve more than the 100-year legacy of Harris Funeral Homes. It will protect our constitutional form of governance and the separation of powers that ensures proper balance in our government.
Because if unelected bureaucrats and judges can change the meaning of a law enacted by Congress, there is no stopping them.
This is a direct threat to your freedom, John. Tom and Nancy aren’t giving up without a fight, but there is no fight without you.
Today, you can stand up to government bureaucrats. And when you do, your gift will further the impact of a $2 million challenge grant.
[link removed]
When we stand together, we can WIN!
Tom and Nancy know it’s not just their own freedom at stake—it’s yours too.
The Supreme Court’s decision in this case will determine not only whether Harris Funeral Homes gets justice, but also whether unelected officials can rewrite law.
There’s a lot on the line.
Tom and Nancy are praying that the High Court will set the record straight and protect their freedom. It’s their last stand — their last shot. And they need you.
Your financial support gives people like Tom and Nancy hope. You show them that they’re not alone—that you’re standing with them to defend freedom for us all.
And when we stand together, we can WIN!
Through God’s blessing (John 15:5) and the generous support of people like you, we’re winning nearly 80 percent of our cases, including nine victories at the U.S. Supreme Court since 2011.
That is why your help is needed now.
Please give your best gift today.
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Because of the $2 million challenge grant, you’ll make an even greater impact for freedom during this critical time.
Thank you for giving generously.
DONATE NOW
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Dear John,
For the last several months, Alliance Defending Freedom has been preparing to provide the best possible legal defense for Tom Rost and his business, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, at the U.S. Supreme Court. Arguments in the case are happening today, and Lord willing, that preparation will pay off with a victory.
If you have two minutes to spare, I’d like to take a moment to explain just how important today’s Supreme Court case is to your freedom and the future of this country.
It all began when a male funeral director who had worked at Harris Funeral Homes for nearly six years gave Tom a letter. The letter expressed the employee’s plan to begin dressing and presenting as a woman at work while serving grieving families.
When Tom declined to go along with the employee’s plan to violate the funeral home’s sex-specific dress code, the employee filed a complaint, and Tom was sued for sex discrimination.
John, for more than 100 years, Tom’s family has operated Harris Funeral Homes consistently with federal law. That includes having professional dress and conduct codes to help ensure families can focus on processing their grief rather than on the funeral home and its employees.
But now, the ACLU is trying to punish Tom and effectively redefine “sex” to include “gender identity” in federal law.
I’m sure you can imagine how difficult this is for Tom and his family. No one should be punished for complying with the law.
And make no mistake; this isn’t about sex discrimination.
This case is about who has the power to make laws in America — and whether all of us can rely on what the law actually says rather than what unelected officials want it to mean.
Thankfully, through the prayers and generous support of people like you, we will argue this case at the Supreme Court today. Thank you for helping to make this happen.
It is also important that you know how this case could impact us all.
The High Court’s decision will affect so much more than funeral home dress codes. (You can read more about what a win in this case could mean for Tom — and for your freedom — in the email I’ve forwarded you below.)
John, this case is the perfect example of why we must continue to stand up when our freedoms are threatened — and when those in power abuse their positions to punish people like Tom.
But we cannot do it alone. Your help is needed to keep fighting for your freedom — and to win.
[link removed]
Our opponents are heavily funded. But praise God that He continues to provide us with the resources we need to protect our fundamental freedoms.
He’s using your prayers and financial support to make these legal battles possible. And He can use any gift you give today to further advance this Kingdom work to protect freedom for us all and keep the doors open for the Gospel.
We cannot let our brothers and sisters face these battles alone. We must stand together if we are going to protect our freedom today — and in the future.
Thank you for giving generously.
Kristen K. Waggoner
Senior Vice President of U.S. Legal Division & Communications
Alliance Defending Freedom
DONATE NOW
[link removed]
Sent: 9/19/2019
From: Alliance Defending Freedom
Subject: It’s their last shot…
[link removed]
[link removed]
What a win at the U.S. Supreme Court would mean for Tom and Nancy — and for us all
Dear John,
25 years ago, Tom and Nancy Rost heard about a small legal organization called Alliance Defense Fund.
They liked that the ministry (now called Alliance Defending Freedom) shared their own commitment to religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and marriage and the family. It was encouraging to know that there was a group out there defending these issues in court and representing people of faith.
But they never imagined that 25 years later, they would be standing for freedom at an October 8th U.S. Supreme Court oral argument with ADF by their side.
A generous family has provided a $2 million challenge grant to help defend Tom and Nancy and others like them. Today, you can help further the impact for freedom and provide the Rost family and their business—R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes—with the best possible defense at the U.S. Supreme Court.
[link removed]
DONATE
[link removed]
How Tom and Nancy ended up at the U.S. Supreme Court
Tom and Nancy are the owners of the award-winning R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes in Michigan. The 100-year-old business has been passed down through five generations of Tom’s family.
In 2013, a male funeral director gave Tom a letter. The letter informed Tom that the employee planned to begin dressing and presenting as a woman while working with the grieving families Harris Funeral Homes serves.
Harris Funeral Homes has a sex-specific dress code as part of its professional codes of conduct. Those policies help ensure that families can focus on the grieving process rather than the funeral home or its staff.
The dress code is also consistent with industry standard and federal law. Every employee agrees to follow the dress code upon being hired — including this funeral director who had followed the dress code during nearly six years of employment.
After careful consideration, Tom ultimately decided that he could not go along with the employee’s plan to violate the dress code.
But the employee filed a complaint against Tom with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC then sued Tom and Harris Funeral Homes for sex discrimination.
It didn’t matter that Tom’s sex-specific dress code is consistent with federal law. The EEOC believed that “sex” should mean “gender identity” in federal employment law, and it imposed this view on Tom in its efforts to punish him.
While the federal government has since changed its position and now agrees with Tom that “sex” in federal employment law refers to biological sex, the ACLU is still pursuing the case against Harris Funeral Homes.
Please fight this injustice and help support Tom and Nancy as they stand for freedom at the U.S. Supreme Court.
[link removed]
What a win would mean for Tom and Nancy — and for us all
John, what do you think our country would look like if government agencies and unelected bureaucrats could change the law to advance their own political interests?
When the EEOC first tried to punish Harris Funeral Homes, it took the law into its own hands. But only Congress has the power to make laws. It says so in our Constitution!
That’s why this case is about more than dress codes and employment laws.
The U.S. Supreme Court must decide: Can unelected bureaucrats and judges bypass Congress and change the law to mean what they want it to mean?
This is a big deal.
A win for Tom and Nancy at the U.S. Supreme Court will preserve more than the 100-year legacy of Harris Funeral Homes. It will protect our constitutional form of governance and the separation of powers that ensures proper balance in our government.
Because if unelected bureaucrats and judges can change the meaning of a law enacted by Congress, there is no stopping them.
This is a direct threat to your freedom, John. Tom and Nancy aren’t giving up without a fight, but there is no fight without you.
Today, you can stand up to government bureaucrats. And when you do, your gift will further the impact of a $2 million challenge grant.
[link removed]
When we stand together, we can WIN!
Tom and Nancy know it’s not just their own freedom at stake—it’s yours too.
The Supreme Court’s decision in this case will determine not only whether Harris Funeral Homes gets justice, but also whether unelected officials can rewrite law.
There’s a lot on the line.
Tom and Nancy are praying that the High Court will set the record straight and protect their freedom. It’s their last stand — their last shot. And they need you.
Your financial support gives people like Tom and Nancy hope. You show them that they’re not alone—that you’re standing with them to defend freedom for us all.
And when we stand together, we can WIN!
Through God’s blessing (John 15:5) and the generous support of people like you, we’re winning nearly 80 percent of our cases, including nine victories at the U.S. Supreme Court since 2011.
That is why your help is needed now.
Please give your best gift today.
[link removed]
Because of the $2 million challenge grant, you’ll make an even greater impact for freedom during this critical time.
Thank you for giving generously.
DONATE NOW
[link removed]
DONATE
[link removed]
© 2019 Alliance Defending Freedom
15100 N. 90th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
All donations are secure, private, and tax-deductible. Member ECFA.
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