Press Releases

ADL APPLAUDS COURT DECISION IN SUPPORT OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed today’s court decision overturning Pennsylvania’s Defense of Marriage Act calling it, “A major step forward in the quest for equal rights for all.” A federal judge held that the ban unconstitutionally denies Pennsylvania’s same-sex couples the fundamental freedom to marry. The order directs the commonwealth to allow same-sex couples to marry and to recognize valid out-of-state marriages.

Interfaith Coalition Acts to Protect N.J. Mosque from Discriminatory Town Ordinance

PRESS RELEASE – The Interfaith Coalition on Mosques (ICOM) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit supporting a Muslim congregation in Bridgewater, New Jersey whose mosque construction was unlawfully blocked by a town ordinance. ICOM was formed by the Anti-Defamation League in 2010 to assist Muslim communities confronting opposition to the legal building, expansion or relocation of their mosques.