http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:58:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/adf-court-wash-pharmacists-can%e2%80%99t-be-forced-to-violate-their-consciences/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/adf-court-wash-pharmacists-can%e2%80%99t-be-forced-to-violate-their-consciences/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:53:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126579 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/adf-court-wash-pharmacists-can%e2%80%99t-be-forced-to-violate-their-consciences/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/sen-scott-brown-says-let-women-in-combat-no-mention-of-selective-service-registration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/sen-scott-brown-says-let-women-in-combat-no-mention-of-selective-service-registration/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:40:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126569 Boston.com: U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is urging top defense officials to let women serve in front line combat, saying barring women from those units could make it harder for them to rise up the military ranks. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/sen-scott-brown-says-let-women-in-combat-no-mention-of-selective-service-registration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/report-iran-may-be-set-to-execute-pastor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/report-iran-may-be-set-to-execute-pastor/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:03:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126552 Baptist Press: The ACLJ statement said simply, "We are hearing reports from our contacts in Iran that the execution orders for Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani may have been issued." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/report-iran-may-be-set-to-execute-pastor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/missouri%e2%80%99s-mosira-funding-embryonic-research-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/missouri%e2%80%99s-mosira-funding-embryonic-research-is-unconstitutional/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:49:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126542 LifeNews: A Judge Daniel Green in the Cole County Circuit Court ruled Monday evening that the MOSIRA (Missouri Science Innovation and Reinvestment Act) that allows for embryonic stem cell research and human cloning funding is unconstitutional. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/missouri%e2%80%99s-mosira-funding-embryonic-research-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/mcdonnell-virginia-lawmakers-should-revise-ultrasound-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/mcdonnell-virginia-lawmakers-should-revise-ultrasound-bill/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:46:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126540 LifeNews: “Having looked at the current proposal, I believe there is no need to direct by statute that further invasive ultrasound procedures be done,” McDonnell said in the statement, adding that “mandating an invasive procedure in order to give informed consent is not a proper role for the state.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/mcdonnell-virginia-lawmakers-should-revise-ultrasound-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/challenge-to-montana-ban-on-ministers%e2%80%99-and-other-group-leaders%e2%80%99-election-related-advocacy-in-private/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/challenge-to-montana-ban-on-ministers%e2%80%99-and-other-group-leaders%e2%80%99-election-related-advocacy-in-private/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:25:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126534 Volokh Conspiracy: The law is now being challenged, in Zastrow v. Bullock (D. Mont. filed Feb. 21, 2012). One possible obstacle to the lawsuit is that it’s not clear whether the law is at all being enforced, and, in the absence of a credible threat of enforcement, the lawsuit might be dismissed on standing grounds. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/challenge-to-montana-ban-on-ministers%e2%80%99-and-other-group-leaders%e2%80%99-election-related-advocacy-in-private/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/adf-prop-8-defenders-appeal-to-full-9th-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/adf-prop-8-defenders-appeal-to-full-9th-circuit/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:59:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126444 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/22/adf-prop-8-defenders-appeal-to-full-9th-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/video-christie-explains-same-sex-marriage-veto/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/video-christie-explains-same-sex-marriage-veto/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:35:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126440 CNN (includes video): "I know this is a very emotional issue and a very divisive issue in my state," Christie said in an interview to air on Piers Morgan Tonight Tuesday. "The only way we have to amend our constitution in New Jersey - which is by referendum - let's put it on the ballot and let's let the people decide. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/video-christie-explains-same-sex-marriage-veto/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/maryland-senate-committee-approves-bill-to-redefine-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/maryland-senate-committee-approves-bill-to-redefine-marriage/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:26:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126418 Reuters: A Maryland Senate committee approved a gay marriage bill on Tuesday, sending the issue to the full Senate and moving Maryland closer to becoming the eighth state to legalize same-sex nuptials. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/maryland-senate-committee-approves-bill-to-redefine-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/young-mothers-describe-marriage%e2%80%99s-fading-allure-nyt/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/young-mothers-describe-marriage%e2%80%99s-fading-allure-nyt/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126384 NY Times: Marriage has lost its luster in Lorain, Ohio. Sixty-three percent of all births to women under 30 in Lorain County occur outside marriage, according to Child Trends, a research center in Washington. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/young-mothers-describe-marriage%e2%80%99s-fading-allure-nyt/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/proposition-8-proponents-to-seek-full-ninth-circuit-review/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/proposition-8-proponents-to-seek-full-ninth-circuit-review/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:34:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126380 Boston.com (AP): "Generally speaking, we think the 9th Circuit as a whole deserves the chance to basically fix this because the decision is such an outlier, it's really not representative of what the 9th Circuit's thinking on this issue has been," Pugno said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/proposition-8-proponents-to-seek-full-ninth-circuit-review/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/adf-geneva-college-challenge-abortion-drug-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/adf-geneva-college-challenge-abortion-drug-mandate/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:00:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126366 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/adf-geneva-college-challenge-abortion-drug-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/mcgurn-sex-lies-and-rick-santorum-the-politics-of-the-double-standard-on-social-issues/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/mcgurn-sex-lies-and-rick-santorum-the-politics-of-the-double-standard-on-social-issues/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:38:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126357 Wall Street Journal: It's arguably the most glaring double standard in American life today. It helps explain why candidates with social views that are fairly conventional among ordinary Americans—the citizens of 31 states including California have rejected same-sex marriage when put to a vote—find themselves depicted as extreme. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/mcgurn-sex-lies-and-rick-santorum-the-politics-of-the-double-standard-on-social-issues/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/supreme-court-refuses-grandparents-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/supreme-court-refuses-grandparents-case/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:33:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126355 AP: The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from grandparents in Alabama who wanted a court order to visit with their grandchildren. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/21/supreme-court-refuses-grandparents-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/adf-louisiana-college-challenge-obama-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/adf-louisiana-college-challenge-obama-mandate/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:55:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126172 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/adf-louisiana-college-challenge-obama-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/adf-geneva-college-to-reveal-lawsuit-against-obama-mandate-tuesday/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/adf-geneva-college-to-reveal-lawsuit-against-obama-mandate-tuesday/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:40:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126158 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/adf-geneva-college-to-reveal-lawsuit-against-obama-mandate-tuesday/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/maryland-senate-committee-vote-on-marriage-tuesday-floor-vote-possible-on-wednesday/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/maryland-senate-committee-vote-on-marriage-tuesday-floor-vote-possible-on-wednesday/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:32:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126255 Gazette.net: The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee is scheduled to vote on the House version of the bill at noon Tuesday, said Sen. Brian Frosh (D-Dist. 19) of Bethesda, who chairs the the committee. The bill is expected to get a favorable committee report, and could go to the Senate floor as early as Wednesday, Frosh said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/maryland-senate-committee-vote-on-marriage-tuesday-floor-vote-possible-on-wednesday/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/pastors-in-maryland-address-vote-on-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/pastors-in-maryland-address-vote-on-same-sex-marriage/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:31:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126144 The Washington Post: It ain’t over until God says that it is over,” Thomas said. “It took one woman to take prayer out of schools. There are too many weak-knee Christians. This is bigger than same-sex marriage. It is about changing society.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/pastors-in-maryland-address-vote-on-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/alabama-supreme-court-justice-blasts-u-s-abortion-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/alabama-supreme-court-justice-blasts-u-s-abortion-law/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:48:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126233 AL.com: Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker took aim Friday at U.S. abortion law, using a DeKalb County case to call for states to reject the concept of "viability" of a fetus and give legal rights to the unborn. | Hamilton v. Scott ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/alabama-supreme-court-justice-blasts-u-s-abortion-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/santorum-on-face-the-nation-prenatal-testing-public-school-factories-and-the-theology-of-environmentalism/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/santorum-on-face-the-nation-prenatal-testing-public-school-factories-and-the-theology-of-environmentalism/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:49:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126212 CBS website. (direct YouTube link) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/santorum-on-face-the-nation-prenatal-testing-public-school-factories-and-the-theology-of-environmentalism/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/social-issues-and-the-santorum-surge-wsj/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/social-issues-and-the-santorum-surge-wsj/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:17:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126184 WSJ.com: Social issues have come to the fore on the GOP side in two of the past six presidential elections—in 1988 (prison furloughs, the Pledge of Allegiance, the ACLU) and 2004 (same-sex marriage). "Those are the only two elections since Reagan where the Republican Party has won a popular majority," Mr. Bell says. "It isn't coincidental." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/social-issues-and-the-santorum-surge-wsj/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/nj-christie-vetoes-gay-marriage-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/nj-christie-vetoes-gay-marriage-bill/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:29:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126168 Washington Times: His veto came Friday, a day after the state Assembly passed the bill. The Senate approved it Monday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/nj-christie-vetoes-gay-marriage-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/the-new-democratic-litmus-test/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/the-new-democratic-litmus-test/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:23:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126166 NationalJournal.com: Obama likely will be the last Democrat to win party's presidential nomination without backing same-sex marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/the-new-democratic-litmus-test/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/doj-indicates-denying-same-sex-couples-military-benefits-is-unconstitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/doj-indicates-denying-same-sex-couples-military-benefits-is-unconstitutional/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:57:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126156 Jurist: US Attorney General Eric Holder [DOJ profile] sent a letter [text] Friday to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) [official profile] stating that the Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has decided that denying same-sex couples military and veterans benefits violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment [text] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/doj-indicates-denying-same-sex-couples-military-benefits-is-unconstitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/maryland-bill-redefining-marriage-passes-house-moves-to-senate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/maryland-bill-redefining-marriage-passes-house-moves-to-senate/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:30:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126142 Washington Times: Mr. O'Malley, a Democrat, joined House Democratic leaders on Friday night to celebrate the chamber’s 72-67 passage of the bill, which received one more than the necessary 71 votes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/maryland-bill-redefining-marriage-passes-house-moves-to-senate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/sex-changing-treatment-for-kids-its-on-the-rise/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/sex-changing-treatment-for-kids-its-on-the-rise/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:57:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126132 My Way News (AP): A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/sex-changing-treatment-for-kids-its-on-the-rise/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/maryland-house-vote-on-marriage-expected-this-afternoon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/maryland-house-vote-on-marriage-expected-this-afternoon/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:29:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126124 Baltimore Sun: The House of Delegates is expected to be back in session at 4:30 p.m., when the final debate and vote is expected. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/maryland-house-vote-on-marriage-expected-this-afternoon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/canada%e2%80%99s-supreme-court-denies-exemption-from-quebec-relativism-course/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/canada%e2%80%99s-supreme-court-denies-exemption-from-quebec-relativism-course/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:03:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126096 LifeSiteNews.com: In what’s sure to come down as a devastating blow to parental freedom, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously rejected this morning the pleas of a Christian family to have their child exempted from the Quebec government’s mandatory ethics and religious culture course. | Christian Legal Fellowship press release here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/canada%e2%80%99s-supreme-court-denies-exemption-from-quebec-relativism-course/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/new-jersey-bill-to-redefine-marriage-delivered-to-chris-christie/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/new-jersey-bill-to-redefine-marriage-delivered-to-chris-christie/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:33:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126033 Politico: Assembly spokesman Tom Hester says the bill was delivered to Christie's office by the Assembly clerk's office Friday morning, a day after the chamber approved it 42-33. The Senate passed the gay marriage proposal on Monday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/new-jersey-bill-to-redefine-marriage-delivered-to-chris-christie/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-to-white-house-time%e2%80%99s-up-on-nh-planned-parenthood-records/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-to-white-house-time%e2%80%99s-up-on-nh-planned-parenthood-records/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:38:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126016 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-to-white-house-time%e2%80%99s-up-on-nh-planned-parenthood-records/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-comment-on-az-bill-protecting-religious-freedom-from-obama-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-comment-on-az-bill-protecting-religious-freedom-from-obama-mandate/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:33:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126014 Alliance Defense Fund Chief Solicitor Gary McCaleb regarding today’s 6-3 Arizona House Judiciary Committee vote to pass HB 2625 (the “strike everything” amendment) out of committee: ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-comment-on-az-bill-protecting-religious-freedom-from-obama-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/washington-marriage-referendum-filed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/washington-marriage-referendum-filed/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:23:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126005 Care2.com: Dubbed Referendum 74, the question put before voters will be the text of the bill which they must then approve for the law to go into effect. More on ballot procedure via The Washington Office of the Secretary of State’s blog . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/washington-marriage-referendum-filed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/what-contraception-has-wrought-looting-the-future-to-pay-for-present-benefits/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/what-contraception-has-wrought-looting-the-future-to-pay-for-present-benefits/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:25:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125936 National Post: The spiritual outlook of the contraceptive culture fundamentally separates present enjoyment from future responsibility. It is any wonder that such societies loot the future to pay for present benefits? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/what-contraception-has-wrought-looting-the-future-to-pay-for-present-benefits/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/new-life-like-a-phoenix-rising-churches-can-continue-meeting-in-nyc-schools/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/new-life-like-a-phoenix-rising-churches-can-continue-meeting-in-nyc-schools/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:42:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125920 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/new-life-like-a-phoenix-rising-churches-can-continue-meeting-in-nyc-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/colorado-civil-unions-bill-advances-toward-showdown/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/colorado-civil-unions-bill-advances-toward-showdown/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:03:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125905 9News.com (includes video, Brian Raum appears in it): This particular legislation has been used as a springboard to same-sex marriage in virtually every place that it's been instituted," Brian Raum, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, said, "either through the court system or legislatively." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/colorado-civil-unions-bill-advances-toward-showdown/feed/ 0