Yale Law School's chapter of the Federalist Society invited two speakers to campus to discuss a recent Supreme Court case, Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, which involves religious freedom. The participants were Kristen Waggoner and Monica Miller; Waggoner is general counsel at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a legal group that advocates for conservative social and religious causes, and Miller represents the American Humanist Association (AHA), a secular organization.
While Waggoner and Miller often take opposite positions, the case in question was a religious freedom issue that united many supporters of civil liberties on both the left and right. The ADF and AHA had both provided assistance to the plaintiff, Chike Uzuegbunam, whose college had prohibited him from proselytizing on campus. The scheduled discussion about the case—which was decided 8–1 in Uzuegbunam's favor—was meant "to illustrate that a liberal atheist and a conservative Christian could find common ground on free speech issues," according to The Washington Free Beacon.
