http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:24:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/19/men-on-strike-why-men-are-boycotting-marriage-wsj-video/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/19/men-on-strike-why-men-are-boycotting-marriage-wsj-video/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:43:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167218 WSJ Video: Author Helen Smith on why men are boycotting marriage, fatherhood and the American Dream. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/19/men-on-strike-why-men-are-boycotting-marriage-wsj-video/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/constitutional-amendment-introduced-to-protect-children-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/constitutional-amendment-introduced-to-protect-children-parents/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:51:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167199 Christian Newswire: Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC) today introduced a resolution in the U.S. House to amend the United States Constitution to protect children and parents from governmental overreach. The proposed Parental Rights Amendment already has 40 original cosponsors. ParentalRights.org leads grassroots support for the measure. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/constitutional-amendment-introduced-to-protect-children-parents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/nj-poll-57-percent-of-catholics-surveyed-support-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/nj-poll-57-percent-of-catholics-surveyed-support-same-sex-marriage/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:12:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167184 Asbury Park Press: Deep within Monday’s Rutgers-Eagleton poll numbers breaking down New Jerseyans’ support for same-sex marriage, was an interesting tidbit. Among the Catholics polled, 57 percent said they would vote for legalization of same-sex marriage, and among Protestants, those for and against gay marriage were nearly dead even.   ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/nj-poll-57-percent-of-catholics-surveyed-support-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/doma-decision-could-expand-rights-for-gay-feds-but-with-questions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/doma-decision-could-expand-rights-for-gay-feds-but-with-questions/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:08:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167181 Washington Post: Federal employees have pushed as hard as anyone to get the Defense of Marriage Act overturned. The Supreme Court will rule on it within days. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/doma-decision-could-expand-rights-for-gay-feds-but-with-questions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/david-boies-on-gay-marriage-ruling-opponents-likely-dont-have-standing-huffington-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/david-boies-on-gay-marriage-ruling-opponents-likely-dont-have-standing-huffington-post/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:25:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167162 Huffington Post: "The question is, do those people have a standing to come before the court and defend it? Under Supreme Court precedent, they probably do not have standing," Boies said. "The court is very restrictive in terms of to whom they grant standing, and they never granted standing to private citizens who do not have a fiduciary relationship to the state. And one way that the court could solve this particular case is to hold that these people do not have standing." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/david-boies-on-gay-marriage-ruling-opponents-likely-dont-have-standing-huffington-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/half-of-lgbt-adults-have-no-religious-affiliation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/half-of-lgbt-adults-have-no-religious-affiliation/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:39:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167147 Deseret News: About half of the LGBT adults surveyed (48 percent) say they have no religious affiliation, compared with 20 percent of the general public, according to the Pew Research Center, and those who are religious generally attend worship services less often and attach less importance to their faith than do other religiously affiliated adults. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/half-of-lgbt-adults-have-no-religious-affiliation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/same-sex-couples-a-widow-and-a-nation-wait-on-the-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/same-sex-couples-a-widow-and-a-nation-wait-on-the-supreme-court/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:30:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167144 Buzzfeed: Many outcomes are possible in the challenges to California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act that are due to be decided by the justices in the coming weeks. A complex path got the cases — and the country — to a moment of waiting. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/same-sex-couples-a-widow-and-a-nation-wait-on-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/portland-state-u-study-traditional-marriage-rates-unaffected-by-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/portland-state-u-study-traditional-marriage-rates-unaffected-by-same-sex-marriage/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:11:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167138 The Oregonian: The growing number of same-sex marriage laws in the United States has had no effect on the marriage rate among heterosexual couples according to new findings by researchers at Portland State University’s School of Community Health. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/portland-state-u-study-traditional-marriage-rates-unaffected-by-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/we-should-reform-child-support-phyllis-schlafly-at-townhall/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/we-should-reform-child-support-phyllis-schlafly-at-townhall/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:34:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167120 Townhall: Child support formulas are based on the ridiculous notion that a father would make those same sacrifices for an ex-wife who is living with her new husband or boyfriend and for children he never or seldom sees. Many fathers would happily do more to support their children if they got to see their kids more and were more engaged in their lives. But current child support laws have reverse incentives: The more the mother prevents such contact, the more child support she receives. Child support is not even really child support, because the mother has no obligation to spend the money on the kids, and faithful payment of child support does not buy the father time with his kids. The purpose of child support is to allow the mother to maintain a household and standard of living comparable to the father's. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/18/we-should-reform-child-support-phyllis-schlafly-at-townhall/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/traditional-marriage-movement-gaining-steam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/traditional-marriage-movement-gaining-steam/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:20:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167035 CBN: The New York Times recently recognized Anderson and other movement leaders like Caitlin Seery, who directs the Love and Fidelity Network on college campuses. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/traditional-marriage-movement-gaining-steam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/why-the-supreme-court-may-not-say-i-do-to-gay-marriage-yahoo-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/why-the-supreme-court-may-not-say-i-do-to-gay-marriage-yahoo-news/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:49:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167025 Yahoo News: Moran says the justices “don’t want to be the judges of America when it comes to this issue” and predicts that they will find a way to defer to the states in the two cases dealing with same-sex marriage. “They see this roiling democratic debate that's happening state-by-state, and the betting at the Supreme Court is that they'll find a way to decide this issue by getting themselves out of it,” Moran says. “They won't declare gay marriage legal all over the country or illegal. They'll say, 'Let the states handle it.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/why-the-supreme-court-may-not-say-i-do-to-gay-marriage-yahoo-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/african-americans-and-gay-marriage-its-complicated-npr/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/african-americans-and-gay-marriage-its-complicated-npr/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:32:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167016 NPR: As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on two cases involving same-sex marriage, a new documentary takes a look at what same-sex marriage means for African-Americans. Host Michel Martin speaks with Yoruba Richen, the director of The New Black to find out what inspired the film. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/african-americans-and-gay-marriage-its-complicated-npr/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/u-s-media-cheers-for-same-sex-marriage-study/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/u-s-media-cheers-for-same-sex-marriage-study/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:28:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167013 Washington Post: Nearly three months later, a study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) has completed a close examination of how the media covered the issue. The principal finding? Detractors of gay marriage couldn’t buy their way into the coverage. Well, that’s the unscientific way of putting things. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/u-s-media-cheers-for-same-sex-marriage-study/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/supreme-court-gay-marriage-rulings-anything-but-simple-usa-today/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/supreme-court-gay-marriage-rulings-anything-but-simple-usa-today/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:22:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167010 USA Today: The Supreme Court rulings are not as simple as whether gays and lesbians can marry or not, and whether they become eligible for federal benefits. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/supreme-court-gay-marriage-rulings-anything-but-simple-usa-today/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/group-files-arizona-initiative-to-redefine-marriage-in-2014/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/group-files-arizona-initiative-to-redefine-marriage-in-2014/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:00:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=167001 AZ Central: A nonpartisan group calling itself Equal Marriage Arizona filed paperwork Monday with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office for an initiative to redefine marriage as “a union of two persons.” The state constitution currently defines it as only between one man and one woman. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/group-files-arizona-initiative-to-redefine-marriage-in-2014/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/military-plans-would-put-women-in-most-combat-jobs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/military-plans-would-put-women-in-most-combat-jobs/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:38:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166966 AP: Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/military-plans-would-put-women-in-most-combat-jobs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/why-both-sides-want-marriage-settled-by-the-states/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/why-both-sides-want-marriage-settled-by-the-states/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:23:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166921 NPR: "People forget that durable rights don't come from courts, they come from consensus and strong support from society," says Jonathan Rauch, author of Denial, a recent memoir about growing up gay. "We are winning the right to marriage in a bigger, deeper way by winning it in the court of public opinion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/why-both-sides-want-marriage-settled-by-the-states/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/teens-cant-find-jobs-economy-poor-work-ethic-to-blame/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/teens-cant-find-jobs-economy-poor-work-ethic-to-blame/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:05:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166915 NCPA Policy Digest: A cultural shift in work ethic also could be partially to blame, says Clark Hodges, a financial strategist for the Dallas-based investment advisory firm Hodges Capital Management. "The way (teens) have grown up, they've always been handed things," he says. "They don't have the incentive or drive to work. That may be a generalization, but I think it's a big factor." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/teens-cant-find-jobs-economy-poor-work-ethic-to-blame/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/what-is-a-mother-to-do-questions-for-same-sex-marriage-advocates-deborah-savage-at-public-discourse/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/what-is-a-mother-to-do-questions-for-same-sex-marriage-advocates-deborah-savage-at-public-discourse/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:35:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166909 Public Discourse: To demand that we recognize same-sex romantic relationships as marriages, and teach our children so, is to prevent them from discovering reality. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/17/what-is-a-mother-to-do-questions-for-same-sex-marriage-advocates-deborah-savage-at-public-discourse/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/all-female-roaring-aside-children-still-need-fathers-kathleen-parker-at-usa-today/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/all-female-roaring-aside-children-still-need-fathers-kathleen-parker-at-usa-today/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:02:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166859 USA Today: My argument that men should be saved is that, despite certain imperfections, men are fundamentally good and are sort of pleasant to have around. Most women still like to fall in love with them; all children want a father no matter how often we try to persuade ourselves otherwise. If we continue to impose low expectations and negative messaging on men and boys, future women won't have much to choose from. We are nearly there. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/all-female-roaring-aside-children-still-need-fathers-kathleen-parker-at-usa-today/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/illinois-cardinal-on-marriage-the-legal-creation-of-what-is-naturally-impossible-is-not-inevitable/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/illinois-cardinal-on-marriage-the-legal-creation-of-what-is-naturally-impossible-is-not-inevitable/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:39:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166848 Catholic New World: Nonetheless, the legal creation of what is naturally impossible is not inevitable. Cultural change can be redirected so that the long road to obtain respect that has been traveled by many homosexually oriented persons can be maintained without destroying the institution of natural marriage. Since the difference between men and women is different from racial difference, same-sex marriage is not a civil rights issue. A newly invented civil right cannot be used to destroy a moral good, lest society itself go into decline. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/illinois-cardinal-on-marriage-the-legal-creation-of-what-is-naturally-impossible-is-not-inevitable/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/gay-marriage-little-mentioned-at-faith-confab-politico/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/gay-marriage-little-mentioned-at-faith-confab-politico/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:18:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166837 Politico: Conservative leaders say it would be wrong to read too much into the speeches Thursday. There’s no question, they say, that in the event of a sweeping Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay unions, the Republican Party’s leadership and its field of 2016 candidates would take the side of social conservatives. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/gay-marriage-little-mentioned-at-faith-confab-politico/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/truancy-laws-in-texas-challenged-by-students/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/truancy-laws-in-texas-challenged-by-students/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:57:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166806 Wall Street Journal: A complaint filed Wednesday with the U.S. Justice Department on behalf of students in school districts here and in surrounding suburbs alleges that Texas laws impose "cruel and unusual punishment" for truancy, in violation of students' constitutional rights. | Washington Post: Dallas area schools to face federal civil rights complaint | National Center for Youth Law: Students' Constitutional Rights Violated by Dallas County Schools & Truancy Courts, According to Complaint Filed Today with Department of Justice ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/truancy-laws-in-texas-challenged-by-students/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/north-carolina-house-passes-educational-choice-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/north-carolina-house-passes-educational-choice-program/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:07:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166794 AFC: The American Federation for Children, the nation’s voice for educational choice, today applauded the North Carolina House of Representatives for passing a budget that provides funding for an educational choice program creating new opportunities for thousands of North Carolinian children. North Carolina’s educational choice program received bipartisan support and is tailored to children who participate in the federal free or reduced lunch program. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/north-carolina-house-passes-educational-choice-program/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/u-s-senate-committee-votes-down-school-choice-amendment-americans-united-for-sep-of-church-and-state-celebrates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/u-s-senate-committee-votes-down-school-choice-amendment-americans-united-for-sep-of-church-and-state-celebrates/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:34:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166743 Americans United for Sep. of Church and State: Yesterday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee was considering amendments to S. 1094, the “Strengthening America’s Schools Act,” which would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C) introduced an amendment that would have allowed states to turn their Title I funds into giant voucher programs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/u-s-senate-committee-votes-down-school-choice-amendment-americans-united-for-sep-of-church-and-state-celebrates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/indianas-marriage-amendment-fight-could-continue-despite-supreme-court-cases/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/indianas-marriage-amendment-fight-could-continue-despite-supreme-court-cases/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:07:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166733 Indy Star: Rick Sutton and Micah Clark have opposite views on whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry. But both agree that the pending Supreme Court decisions on gay marriage are unlikely to stop the fight in Indiana over a constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/14/indianas-marriage-amendment-fight-could-continue-despite-supreme-court-cases/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/rubio-if-same-sex-marriage-provision-is-in-senate-immigration-bill-im-gone/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/rubio-if-same-sex-marriage-provision-is-in-senate-immigration-bill-im-gone/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:04:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166711 The Hill: "If this bill has in it something that gives gay couples immigration rights and so forth, it kills the bill," Rubio said Thursday on the "Andrea Tantaros Show." "I'm gone, I'm off it, and I've said that repeatedly. I don't think that's going to happen, and it shouldn't happen, this is already a difficult enough issue as it is." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/rubio-if-same-sex-marriage-provision-is-in-senate-immigration-bill-im-gone/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/children-need-our-marriage-tradition-john-m-smoot-at-public-discourse/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/children-need-our-marriage-tradition-john-m-smoot-at-public-discourse/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:37:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166703 Public Discourse: Redefining marriage will make it harder for our children to develop their self-understanding and will sanction procreative methods that treat children like commodities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/children-need-our-marriage-tradition-john-m-smoot-at-public-discourse/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/are-pastors-finally-waking-up-and-ready-to-address-biblical-moral-issues/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/are-pastors-finally-waking-up-and-ready-to-address-biblical-moral-issues/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:16:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166689 Engage Family Minute: The first thing we need to understand is that the issues of life and marriage are not merely cultural, social, or political issues. They are first and foremost biblical moral issues. They have, unfortunately been so politicized however that many pastors have failed in their duties to preach and teach on these critical issues in light of the Gospel ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/are-pastors-finally-waking-up-and-ready-to-address-biblical-moral-issues/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/caterpillar-drops-boy-scouts-support-over-gay-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/caterpillar-drops-boy-scouts-support-over-gay-ban/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:08:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166680 AP: Caterpillar Inc. is no longer giving money to the Boy Scouts because the organization discriminates against homosexuals, a spokeswoman for the Illinois-based heavy equipment manufacturer confirmed Thursday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/caterpillar-drops-boy-scouts-support-over-gay-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/analysis-top-courts-marriage-ruling-wont-be-last-word/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/analysis-top-courts-marriage-ruling-wont-be-last-word/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:52:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166658 Reuters: Whatever the U.S. Supreme Court decides this month, gay marriage appears destined to face several more years of legal debate and at least one more round of argument at the high court. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/analysis-top-courts-marriage-ruling-wont-be-last-word/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/a-survey-of-lgbt-americans-attitudes-experiences-and-values-in-changing-times-pew-research/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/a-survey-of-lgbt-americans-attitudes-experiences-and-values-in-changing-times-pew-research/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:23:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166640 Pew Research: An overwhelming share of America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults (92%) say society has become more accepting of them in the past decade and an equal number expect it to grow even more accepting in the decade ahead. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/13/a-survey-of-lgbt-americans-attitudes-experiences-and-values-in-changing-times-pew-research/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/the-marriage-debate-the-conjugal-view-of-marriage-leaves-us-just-as-free-for-companionship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/the-marriage-debate-the-conjugal-view-of-marriage-leaves-us-just-as-free-for-companionship/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:54:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166532 National Review: In What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense and in various follow-up pieces, we have argued for several ideas: Reducing marriage to the more general category of sexual domestic partnership is a deep mistake. Marriage — the human good that marriage law should foster — is rather a union of persons at every level (mind, heart, and body) and for the whole of life, inherently oriented to family life ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/the-marriage-debate-the-conjugal-view-of-marriage-leaves-us-just-as-free-for-companionship/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/lesbian-parents-start-moveon-org-petition-over-14-year-old-sons-makeup-at-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/lesbian-parents-start-moveon-org-petition-over-14-year-old-sons-makeup-at-school/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:41:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166526 The Daily Caller: The lesbian parents of a 14-year-old boy have started a MoveOn.org petition after their son was asked to remove the lipstick, black eyeliner and eye shadow he wore to Meadowlawn Middle School in St. Petersburg, Florida. The student, Chris Martin, was also also asked to change out of a shirt emblazoned with an anarchy symbol. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/lesbian-parents-start-moveon-org-petition-over-14-year-old-sons-makeup-at-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/as-marriage-changes-should-joint-filing-go-the-way-of-ozzie-and-harriet/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/as-marriage-changes-should-joint-filing-go-the-way-of-ozzie-and-harriet/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:35:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=166523 Forbes: Any day now, the Supreme Court will rule on whether same-sex married couples have the right to file joint federal tax returns. But Yale tax law professor Anne Alstott has me wondering whether the entire debate over the tax consequences of the Defense of Marriage Act is missing the point. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2013/06/11/as-marriage-changes-should-joint-filing-go-the-way-of-ozzie-and-harriet/feed/ 0