I’ve been at the Alliance Defending Freedom national summit this week. There I am hanging with two of my heroes: Billboard Chris and Lois McClatchie Miller. I’m telling you, ADF is such an incredibly important organization fighting for religious liberty, parents rights, free speech and that cluster of issues. It has been tremendously encouraging to see and meet so many of the people here. I’m telling you, if you have the money to give, please donate to ADF. The work these lawyers do to defend religious liberty, free speech, parental rights, and other causes is absolutely vital. I found out today that Lambda Legal, the LGBT version of ADF, raised a staggering $285 million recently. The AP reports:

Lambda Legal will use the infusion of cash to hire more attorneys, set up a new mechanism to coordinate pro bono representation from major law firms and hold public trainings about the rights of LGBTQ+ people.

This is war. We have to make sure our side is well armed. At the ADF Summit, we heard from a couple who fought, with ADF’s help, to defend their daughter, who was pushed out of her high school sports team by a male who identified as female, and who was — surprise! — a lot better at sports, because much stronger. There was also a lot of talk, including personal testimonies, of how school systems across the country lie intentionally to parents about their children’s gender identity. These schools, guided by progressive policies, believe people’s kids belong to them.

Donate to ADF. You never know when you are going to need them.

This morning I met Liz Murrill, the Attorney General for Louisiana. There are a number of red state AGs here, which is fantastic to see, especially given that in Europe, where I live, the governments for the most part are against all the things that ADF is for. I spoke briefly with AG Murrill about a concern I’ve had ever since my mother went into an assisted living facility in Louisiana.

I was shocked to discover after I first started visiting my mom there that the facility runs a jitney bus to the riverboat casinos in Baton Rouge. This is called “leisure activity.” Think about it: these bored elderly people, many of whom are in various stages of dementia, are carted by their caretakers to a casino, for leisure gambling. It’s outrageous! I once spoke to the facility manager about this, demanding to know how they could in good conscience do this to their clientele. I got nowhere.

It ought to be illegal. Alas, in Louisiana, the gambling — sorry, “gaming” — industry is the most powerful lobby in the legislature. I don’t expect anything to happen. But the AG did listen to me with interest. I don’t think she had ever heard of this kind of thing happening. I hope she shares my disgust, and will do something about it.