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		<title>Nearly 19,000 Americans to Boy Scouts: Uphold membership policy &#124; Alliance Defending Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/21/nearly-19000-americans-to-boy-scouts-uphold-membership-policy-alliance-defending-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Alliance Defending Freedom has delivered a petition to the Boy Scouts of America signed by 18,724 Americans--including 11,795 who are members of current or former Scouting families or are former Scouts themselves. The petition urges BSA to “uphold the values that have defined the organization for over 100 years” and to reject any efforts to change its membership policy. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/21/nearly-19000-americans-to-boy-scouts-uphold-membership-policy-alliance-defending-freedom/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Auto lighting co.’s case illuminates problems with abortion pill mandate &#124; Alliance Defending Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/21/auto-lighting-co-s-case-illuminates-problems-with-abortion-pill-mandate-alliance-defending-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Matt Bowman will be available for media interviews Wednesday immediately following his oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on behalf of an Indiana-based job provider challenging the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/21/auto-lighting-co-s-case-illuminates-problems-with-abortion-pill-mandate-alliance-defending-freedom/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wash. florist answers ACLU lawsuit &#124; Alliance Defending Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/21/wash-florist-answers-aclu-lawsuit-alliance-defending-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Numerous florists are willing to assist in same-sex ceremonies, so the ACLU has no reason to try to force this florist to violate her deeply held beliefs. Arlene’s Flowers has both served and employed people who identify as homosexual. Barronelle Stutzman’s only desire is that she not be forced to violate her faith when it comes to her beliefs about marriage. Family business owners are constitutionally guaranteed the freedom to live and work according to their beliefs.”
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		<title>The IRS and the Drive to Stop Free Speech &#124; David Rivkin and Lee Casey at WSJ</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/21/the-irs-and-the-drive-to-stop-free-speech-david-rivkin-and-lee-casey-at-wsj/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Rivkin and Lee Casey at <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323582904578489690187015294.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_h">WSJ</a> (access via <a href="http://news.google.com/news?q=The+IRS+and+the+Drive+to+Stop+Free+Speech&#038;hl=en&#038;emb=0&#038;sa=N&#038;tab=ln">Google</a>): Such a scandal was bound to happen after the government started trying to rule the expression of political views . . . The proper lessons of the unfolding IRS scandal are twofold. First, any effort to have the IRS police advocacy activities of social-welfare organizations is bound to be clumsy and prone to degenerate into either selective or broad witch hunts. Second, the remedy is not to further limit political speech by nonprofit entities—which would certainly raise significant constitutional issues—but to encourage such speech by imposing fewer restrictions. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/21/the-irs-and-the-drive-to-stop-free-speech-david-rivkin-and-lee-casey-at-wsj/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer will be heard on high &#124; Alliance Defending Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/20/prayer-will-be-heard-on-high-alliance-defending-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM NEWS RELEASE May 20, 2013 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 orwww.adfmedia.org/home/contact   Prayer will be heard on high US Supreme Court to weigh in on prayers presented before public meetings &#160; WASHINGTON — The U.S. &#8230; <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/20/prayer-will-be-heard-on-high-alliance-defending-freedom/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont Becomes Third State to Legalize Assisted Suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/20/vermont-becomes-third-state-to-legalize-assisted-suicide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/20/vermont-becomes-third-state-to-legalize-assisted-suicide/">LifeNews</a>: With Governor Peter Shumlin’s signature on a bill the state legislature approved, Vermont today becomes the third state after Oregon and Washington to legalize assisted suicide. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/20/vermont-becomes-third-state-to-legalize-assisted-suicide/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK: Cameron effort to redefine marriage strains leadership, government</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/20/uik-cameron-effort-to-redefine-marriage-strains-leadership-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/20/us-britain-cameron-idUSBRE94J0LD20130520">Reuters</a>: Up to half of Cameron's 303 lawmakers in the lower house of parliament are expected to back an amendment that the government says would sabotage its efforts to legalize gay marriage. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/20/uik-cameron-effort-to-redefine-marriage-strains-leadership-government/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Nova Scotia: School Nixes Mother’s Day And Father’s Day For More Inclusive ‘international Day Of Families’</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/20/nova-scotia-school-nixes-mothers-day-and-fathers-day-for-more-inclusive-international-day-of-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/20/school-nixes-mothers-day-and-fathers-day-for-more-inclusive-international-day-of-families/">The Blaze</a>: Mothers and fathers, beware: Your days of honor may soon be expiring. An elementary school in Nova Scotia has made a curious decision to cancel Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebrations and to, instead, replace them with a more benign “Family Day” commemoration. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/20/nova-scotia-school-nixes-mothers-day-and-fathers-day-for-more-inclusive-international-day-of-families/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Redefined marriage forced on people of France</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/17/redefinition-of-marriage-forced-on-people-of-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Society should protect and strengthen marriage, not undermine it. That’s the belief of the people of France. This redefinition of marriage has been pushed through at great speed without their support. Millions have taken to the streets in protest, but the government has not responded by listening to the people. Instead, it has sought to silence them with police brutality.”
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		<title>Federal judge blocks Arkansas abortion law &#8211; for now</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/17/federal-judge-blocks-arkansas-abortion-law-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ABORTION_BAN_ARKANSAS?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">AP</a>: A federal judge granted a request Friday to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy. &#124; Edwards v. Beck, No. 4:13-cv-00224-SWW (E.D. Ark.) <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/17/federal-judge-blocks-arkansas-abortion-law-for-now/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. House votes to repeal Obamacare, unanimous GOP support</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/17/u-s-house-votes-to-repeal-obamacare-unanimous-gop-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/300315-house-votes-to-repeal-obamacare">The Hill</a>: Only two Democrats sided with Republicans in the party-line 229-195 vote — Jim Matheson (Utah) and Mike McIntyre (N.C.). All Republicans voted in favor of repeal.
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		<title>SCOTUS Petitions to Watch includes important abortion funding issues</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/17/scotus-petitions-to-watch-includes-important-abortion-funding-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCOTUS Blog has posted its most recent <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/2013/05/petitions-to-watch-conference-of-may-23-2013/#more-163734">Petitions to Watch here</a>. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/17/scotus-petitions-to-watch-includes-important-abortion-funding-issues/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon Recognizes Transgender Veteran, Advocates See A &#8220;Shift&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/17/pentagon-recognizes-transgender-veteran-advocates-see-a-shift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 09:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/pentagon-recognizes-transgender-veteran-advocates-see-a-shif">Buzz Feed</a>: In a short letter dated May 2, a Navy official told Autumn Sandeen, a veteran and transgender activist: “Per your request the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) has been updated to show your gender as female effective April 12, 2013.” <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/17/pentagon-recognizes-transgender-veteran-advocates-see-a-shift/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Think Progress: Religious liberty is big loser in the marriage battle</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/think-progress-religious-liberty-is-big-loser-in-the-marriage-battle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 23:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Josh Israel at Think Progress: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/05/16/2020431/the-losing-arguments-of-anti-lgbt-alliance-defending-freedom/">The Losing Arguments Of Anti-LGBT ‘Alliance Defending Freedom’</a>

ADF testimony in Minnesota, Colorado, and Washington all failed to sway legislators. Asked whether ADF believes its tact has been effective or swayed any lawmakers’ votes, legal counsel Jim Campbell told ThinkProgress: “First Amendment-protected freedoms are vital to the continued flourishing of our constitutional republic. They should not be ignored by state legislators who vote to redefine marriage. The failure to respect freedoms long-enshrined in our Constitution will lead to needless litigation. Sadly, even when those rights are eventually vindicated in court, the legal process will take a significant toll on innocent citizens who are simply trying to live in accordance with their conscience. Alliance Defending Freedom will be at the forefront of defending those Americans.” <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/think-progress-religious-liberty-is-big-loser-in-the-marriage-battle/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wash. florist will not wilt, sues AG to reclaim religious freedom &#124; Alliance Defending Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/wash-florist-will-not-wilt-sues-ag-to-reclaim-religious-freedom-alliance-defending-freedom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Washington florist sued by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a countersuit against him Thursday. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/wash-florist-will-not-wilt-sues-ag-to-reclaim-religious-freedom-alliance-defending-freedom/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco Archbishop Says Americans Ready to Defend Marriage Despite Laws</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/san-francisco-archbishop-says-americans-ready-to-defend-marriage-despite-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/archbishop-says-americans-ready-to-defend-marriage-despite-laws?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zenit%2Fenglish+%28ZENIT+English%29">Zenit</a>: The archbishop said the decision "also renders senseless the very idea of President Obama's National Fatherhood Initiative, in that a bill now becomes law in Minnesota that effectively claims that a mother and a father together are superfluous and can be replaced by two men or two women." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/san-francisco-archbishop-says-americans-ready-to-defend-marriage-despite-laws/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Report: IRS denied tax-exempt status to pro-lifers on behalf of Planned Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/report-irs-denied-tax-exempt-status-to-pro-lifers-on-behalf-of-planned-parenthood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/report-irs-denied-tax-exempt-status-to-pro-lifers-on-behalf-of-planned-parenthood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Todd Starnes at Fox News: <a href="http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/irs-told-pro-life-group-not-to-picket-planned-parenthood.html">IRS Told Pro-Life Group Not to Picket Planned Parenthood</a>

<a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/report-irs-denied-tax-exempt-status-to-pro-lifers-on-behalf-of-planned-parenthood/article/2529750">Washington Examiner</a>: IRS officials refused to grant tax exempt status to two pro-life organizations because of their position on the abortion issue, according to a non-profit law firm, which said that one group was pressured not to protest a pro-choice organization that endorsed President Obama during the last election. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/report-irs-denied-tax-exempt-status-to-pro-lifers-on-behalf-of-planned-parenthood/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Soros Gave $6.1 Million to Groups Linked to Pressure on IRS to Target Conservative Nonprofits</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/soros-gave-6-1-million-to-groups-linked-to-pressure-on-irs-to-target-conservative-nonprofits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://cnsnews.com/blog/mike-ciandella/soros-gave-61-million-groups-linked-pressure-irs-target-conservative-nonprofits">CNSNews</a>: While the first reported instances of extra IRS scrutiny for conservative groups began in Cincinnati in March of 2010, the attacks began to pick up steam on a national level soon after Soros-funded groups began firing off letters to the IRS in October of that year - following the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/soros-gave-6-1-million-to-groups-linked-to-pressure-on-irs-to-target-conservative-nonprofits/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Second appeals court invalidates Obama&#8217;s NLRB recess appointments</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/second-appeals-court-invalidates-obamas-nlrb-recess-appointments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/second-appeals-court-invalidates-obamas-nlrb-recess-appointments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2013/05/second-appeals-court-invalidates-obamas-nlrb-recess-164150.html">Politico</a>: The 2-1 decision Thursday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (<a href="http://images.politico.com/global/2013/05/16/third-circuit-nlrb-opinion.html" target="_blank">posted here</a>) found that the presidential recess appointment power is limited to breaks between sessions of Congress, not breaks within sessions or other adjournments during which the Senate might meet in pro forma sessions. The reasoning mirrors that in a <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/01/appeals-court-rules-obama-recess-appointments-unconsitutional-155226.html" target="_blank">ruling of the D.C. Circuit Court</a> in January. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/second-appeals-court-invalidates-obamas-nlrb-recess-appointments/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NYC:  See Topless Woman? Just Move On, Police Are Told</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/nyc-see-topless-woman-just-move-on-police-are-told/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/nyregion/a-police-roll-call-reminder-women-may-go-topless.html?_r=0">NY Times</a>: The command was read at 10 consecutive roll calls. Each of the city’s 34,000 officers, in theory, got the message: For “simply exposing their breasts in public,” women are guilty of no crime <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/16/nyc-see-topless-woman-just-move-on-police-are-told/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Lt. Gov. Demands Probe of Abortion Doc Who Twisted Off Babies Heads</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/texas-lt-gov-demands-probe-of-abortion-doc-who-twisted-off-babies-heads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/15/texas-lt-gov-demands-probe-of-abortion-doc-who-twisted-off-babies-heads/">Life News</a>: The Lt. Governor of Texas is today demanding an investigation of <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/15/another-gosnell-report-shows-texas-abortion-doc-kills-babies-born-alive/">an abortion practitioner who is considered the second Kermit Gosnell</a>. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/texas-lt-gov-demands-probe-of-abortion-doc-who-twisted-off-babies-heads/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>House of Horrors 2: New photos, testimony claim Texas abortionist kills babies born alive &#124; Life News</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/house-of-horrors-2-new-photos-testimony-claim-texas-abortionist-kills-babies-born-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-stunning-photos-testimony-show-texas-abortionist-kills-babies-born-aliv">Life News</a>: Due to legal issues raised by the former clinic workers, Operation Rescue contacted attorneys at <a href="http://www.alliancedefendingfreedom.org/" target="_blank">Alliance Defending Freedom</a>, which handled many of the women’s legal concerns. Once the women quit their jobs, finances became an issue. Newman contacted Abby Johnson, whose new organization <a href="http://www.attwn.org/" target="_blank">And Then There Were None</a>, which offers support to former abortion clinic workers. She agreed to help the women with some financial assistance. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/house-of-horrors-2-new-photos-testimony-claim-texas-abortionist-kills-babies-born-alive/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Acting commissioner of IRS resigns, Obama says</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/acting-commissioner-of-irs-resigns-obama-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/15/breaking-obama-acting-commissioner-of-irs-resigns/">CNN</a>: Treasury Secretary Jack Lew requested - and has accepted - the resignation of the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in the wake of its handling of requests by conservative groups for tax-exempt status, President Barack Obama said Wednesday. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/acting-commissioner-of-irs-resigns-obama-says/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Sharper Abortion Debate After Gosnell Verdict &#124; NPR</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/a-sharper-abortion-debate-after-gosnell-verdict-npr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/05/14/183911268/a-sharper-abortion-debate-after-gosnell-verdict">NPR</a>: "The tentacles of this type of approach to abortion are all over the country," says Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List. "He is not an outlier. You just have to do a Google search and you'll find in the last several months many other examples" of rogue abortion providers, she said. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/a-sharper-abortion-debate-after-gosnell-verdict-npr/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Brief History of IRS Political Targeting &#124; James Bovard at WSJ</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/a-brief-history-of-irs-political-targeting-james-bovard-at-wsj/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[James Bovard at <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324715704578482823301630836.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_h">Wall Street Journal</a>: As David Burnham noted in "A Law Unto Itself: The IRS and the Abuse of Power" (1990), "In almost every administration since the IRS's inception the information and power of the tax agency have been mobilized for explicitly political purposes." <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/a-brief-history-of-irs-political-targeting-james-bovard-at-wsj/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage Primer &#124; John Stonestreet interviews Ryan Anderson on YouTube</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/marriage-primer-john-stonestreet-interviews-ryan-anderson-on-youtube/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/marriage-primer-john-stonestreet-interviews-ryan-anderson-on-youtube/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&#038;v=0kCAvxF1mFA">YouTube</a>: In this Two-Minute Warning John Stonestreet interviews Ryan Anderson from the Heritage Foundation on the topic of same-sex marriage. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/15/marriage-primer-john-stonestreet-interviews-ryan-anderson-on-youtube/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gosnell Gives Up Appeal, Prosecutors Agree to Life in Prison, No Death Penalty</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/gosnell-gives-up-appeal-prosecutors-agree-to-life-in-prison-no-death-penalty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/gosnell-gives-up-appeal-prosecutors-agree-to-life-in-prison-no-death-penalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/14/gosnell-gives-up-appeal-prosecutors-agree-to-life-in-prison-no-death-penalty/">LifeNews</a>: Abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell has given up his right to appeal the verdict that found him guilty on three of the four first-degree murder charges he faced. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/gosnell-gives-up-appeal-prosecutors-agree-to-life-in-prison-no-death-penalty/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits restored to Montana’s disabled children of faith &#124; Alliance Defending Freedom</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/benefits-restored-to-montanas-disabled-children-of-faith-alliance-defending-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/benefits-restored-to-montanas-disabled-children-of-faith-alliance-defending-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disabled children attending faith-based schools who qualify for aid under a federal program will now be eligible to receive tuition aid in the wake of an Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit against the Montana Office of Public Instruction.
 <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/benefits-restored-to-montanas-disabled-children-of-faith-alliance-defending-freedom/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>6th Circuit upholds denial of asylum for persecuted German homeschoolers</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/6th-circuit-desire-to-homeschool-not-a-basis-for-asylum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/6th-circuit-desire-to-homeschool-not-a-basis-for-asylum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Group: Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Adler reports on the ruling at the <a href="http://www.volokh.com/2013/05/14/desire-to-homeschool-not-a-basis-for-asylum/">Volokh Conspiracy</a>: The relevant legislation applies only to those who have a “well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.” 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(42)(A). There is a difference between the persecution of a discrete group and the prosecution of those who violate a generally applicable law. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/6th-circuit-desire-to-homeschool-not-a-basis-for-asylum/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EU Court Finds Swiss Assisted-suicide Laws Vague</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ZZ: Gross v. Switzerland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SWITZERLAND_ASSISTED_SUICIDE?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2013-05-14-11-19-53">AP</a>: An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive assisted suicide. &#124; <a href="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/fra/pages/search.aspx?i=001-119703#{"itemid":["001-119703"]}">Gross v. Switzerland</a>, 67810/10 <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/eu-court-finds-swiss-assisted-suicide-laws-vague/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Calif. moves to comply with 2011 gay history law&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/calif-moves-to-comply-with-2011-gay-history-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/14/calif-moves-to-comply-with-2011-gay-history-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_23218645/calif-moves-comply-2011-gay-history-law">Mercury News (AP)</a>: California education officials took the first step this week toward complying with a law that requires public schools to include prominent gay people and gay rights' milestones in the curriculum, adopting a set of classroom material guidelines that prohibit "pejorative descriptions" based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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		<title>Minnesota approves marriage redefinition</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/minnesota-approves-marriage-redefinition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/minnesota-approves-marriage-redefinition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_XGR_GAY_MARRIAGE_MINNESOTA?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&#038;CTIME=2013-05-13-17-22-50">AP</a>: The Minnesota Senate voted Monday to make gay marriage legal, the last legislative step before Gov. Mark Dayton's promised signature will make the state the 12th in the U.S. to do so. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/minnesota-approves-marriage-redefinition/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty on Three First-Degree Murder Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/kermit-gosnell-found-guilty-on-three-first-degree-murder-charges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/kermit-gosnell-found-guilty-on-three-first-degree-murder-charges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ADF Alliance Alert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/13/kermit-gosnell-found-guilty-of-on-three-first-degree-murder-charges/">LifeNews</a>: The jury in the murder trial of abortion practitioner Kermit Gosnell returned a verdict and found him guilty on three of the four first-degree murder charges he faced. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/kermit-gosnell-found-guilty-on-three-first-degree-murder-charges/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IRS antics are nothing new, churches have been bullied for years &#124; Erik Stanley at Speak Up Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/irs-intimidation-antics-are-nothing-new-churches-have-felt-them-for-years-erik-stanley-at-speak-up-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/irs-intimidation-antics-are-nothing-new-churches-have-felt-them-for-years-erik-stanley-at-speak-up-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Erik Stanley at <a href="http://blog.speakupmovement.org/church/churches-and-politics/churches-and-conservative-groups-targeted-by-the-irs/">Speak Up Movement</a>: But what should be reported is that the targeting by the IRS goes even deeper than what is just reported.  Because the IRS has been targeting churches since the passage of the Johnson Amendment in 1954.  There is no difference between what the IRS has been caught doing with conservative groups and what the IRS has done to churches for the last 59 years.  Both are intimidation. <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/irs-intimidation-antics-are-nothing-new-churches-have-felt-them-for-years-erik-stanley-at-speak-up-movement/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How are the HHS regulation lawsuits faring? For-profit litigation is 19-6 &#124; Matt Bowman on the Hugh Hewitt Show</title>
		<link>http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/how-are-the-hhs-regulation-lawsuits-faring-for-profit-litigation-is-19-6-matt-bowman-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/about-matt-bowman/">Matt Bowman</a> appeared on the <a href="http://www.hughhewitt.com/">Hugh Hewitt Show</a> to provide an update. &#124; <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/20130513.mp3">MP3 audio 5:13 mins</a> <a href="http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/05/13/how-are-the-hhs-regulation-lawsuits-faring-for-profit-litigation-is-19-6-matt-bowman-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show/"> <span class="meta-nav"></span></a>]]></description>
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