Why don’t all similar organizations simply merge into one?
We appreciate your question about the different ministries and organizations combining – or at least, working together – and so did the ADF Founders. Before ADF was formed, our founders saw allies, but no alliance. There was limited unity of effort and limited common strategy. Thus, ADF was formed to be not just a legal organization, but the desperately needed legal alliance. You can read more about how we meet this need through strategy, training, funding, and litigation. However, as to specifically why all allied organizations do not simply “merge” and become one, the answer is similar to the reason why all “religious” organizations do not become one. Most legal organizations have very specialized roles; for example, two groups may deal with highly technical pro-life issues, another may deal only with zoning and local regulation of pornography. There are also areas of disagreement outside of the common mission areas. In addition, since most of the groups are faith-based, there can al
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