Denver, CO, February 26, 2015…The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) testified today in opposition to a bill that would have inserted a religious definition of life in state law and banned abortion in Colorado. The legislation, House Bill 1041, was defeated in the House Judiciary Committee on a 7-6 vote. ADL Mountain States Region Board member Andrea Shpall represented ADL and testified
The Anti-Defamation League filed an amicus curiae brief in the Colorado Court of Appeals last week in a high-profile case involving Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. and its owner, Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker who refused service to a same-sex couple. The complainants in this case, a gay couple, were denied the opportunity to order a cake for their wedding reception
Washington, DC, February 11, 2015 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is deeply saddened by the murder of three Muslim students at a Chapel Hill, North Carolina apartment complex yesterday. One individual, Craig Stephen Hicks, has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder after turning himself in to the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office following the shooting. David
Denver, CO, February 9, 2015…The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) testified today in opposition to a bill that would have required public universities to recognize and financially support student organizations that discriminate based on religion and other personal characteristics. The legislation, House Bill 1037, was defeated in the House Education Committee on a 6-5 vote. ADL – Mountain States Region Board member
A group of campus leaders from 16 universities across the United States, including one student from the University of Colorado at Boulder, traveled to Israel on an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mission, giving college students an up-close look at the complex issues within Israel and the Middle East. The 18 participants in the annual ADL Campus Leaders Mission
