http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:51:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/egyptians-say-christian-party-is-not-the-answer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/egyptians-say-christian-party-is-not-the-answer/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:22:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125292 The Washington Post: Despite continuous attacks on Coptic Christians, a delegation of Egyptian Christian leaders said Wednesday (Feb. 8) they do not support the development of a Christian political party as a possible solution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/egyptians-say-christian-party-is-not-the-answer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/eastern-europes-conservative-crackdown-on-reproductive-freedom-huffington-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/eastern-europes-conservative-crackdown-on-reproductive-freedom-huffington-post/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:56:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125282 The Huffington Post: There is a very strong pronatalist [anti-choice] current in Central and Eastern Europe and that goes along with nationalist tendencies in many of these countries," says Johanna Westeson, European regional director for the Center for Reproductive Rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/eastern-europes-conservative-crackdown-on-reproductive-freedom-huffington-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uk-mps-back-calls-to-recapture-powers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uk-mps-back-calls-to-recapture-powers/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:54:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125280 Burton News & Staffordshire Newspape: PRIME Minister David Cameron should take back control of more than 100 crime and policing laws from the European Union, two Conservative MPs have said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uk-mps-back-calls-to-recapture-powers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/abortion-is-bankrupt-in-spain/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/abortion-is-bankrupt-in-spain/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:52:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125278 Turtle Bay and Beyond: After the passage of Spain’s liberal abortion law in 2010 the government began subsidizing abortion on demand, providing it at no cost to the mother. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/abortion-is-bankrupt-in-spain/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/australia-mps-set-to-debate-gay-marriage-in-house-of-representatives/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/australia-mps-set-to-debate-gay-marriage-in-house-of-representatives/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:35:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125269 The Courier-Mail: THE national legislature will on Monday become the Pink Parliament with a total of four gay marriage bills being up for consideration. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/australia-mps-set-to-debate-gay-marriage-in-house-of-representatives/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/court-suspends-spains-most-famous-judge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/court-suspends-spains-most-famous-judge/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:32:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125267 CNN.com: Spain's best-known judge will be suspended for 11 years from the bench after his conviction Thursday for improperly ordering wiretaps while investigating a financial corruption case, the nation's Supreme Court ruled. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/court-suspends-spains-most-famous-judge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ontario-no-more-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-at-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ontario-no-more-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-at-meetings/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:05:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125261 Stratford Gazette: Perth County has dropped the long-standing tradition of reciting the Lord’s Prayer at the beginning of council meetings. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/ontario-no-more-lord%e2%80%99s-prayer-at-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/un-secretary-general-tells-african-nations-to-adopt-lgbt-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/un-secretary-general-tells-african-nations-to-adopt-lgbt-rights/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:53:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125254 Friday Fax: C-Fam: Last week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told African nations to repeal criminal laws that sanction homosexual conduct and to stop discrimination because of sexual orientation or gender identity. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/un-secretary-general-tells-african-nations-to-adopt-lgbt-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uganda-reintroduces-legislation-criminalizing-homosexuality/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uganda-reintroduces-legislation-criminalizing-homosexuality/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:50:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125229 JURIST: The Parliament of Uganda [official website] on Tuesday reintroduced legislation that would criminalize certain homosexual activities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/uganda-reintroduces-legislation-criminalizing-homosexuality/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-wants-government-sacked/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-wants-government-sacked/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:49:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125141 News from The Associated Press: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is calling on the country's ruling generals to sack the current military-appointed government . .. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/09/egypts-muslim-brotherhood-wants-government-sacked/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/new-spanish-justice-minister-sees-no-constitutional-case-against-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/new-spanish-justice-minister-sees-no-constitutional-case-against-same-sex-marriage/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:02:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125101 Catholic Culture: The nation’s constitutional court has not yet ruled on an appeal that claims the 2005 law is unconstitutional. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/new-spanish-justice-minister-sees-no-constitutional-case-against-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/church-of-england-reaches-compromise-on-women-bishops/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/church-of-england-reaches-compromise-on-women-bishops/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125087 The Guardian: General Synod puts off split over ordination of female prelates by delaying legislation for fine tuning until final approval in July. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/church-of-england-reaches-compromise-on-women-bishops/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/uk-public-backs-right-of-parents-to-smack/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/uk-public-backs-right-of-parents-to-smack/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125072 The Christian Institute: Nearly two thirds, 60 per cent, of the public think that the curbs should be scrapped. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/uk-public-backs-right-of-parents-to-smack/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/indian-court-orders-state-to-pay-for-2002-riot-damage-to-religious-buildings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/indian-court-orders-state-to-pay-for-2002-riot-damage-to-religious-buildings/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:56:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125050 Religion Clause: The High Court in the Indian state of Gujarat today ordered the state government to pay compensation to over 500 religious structures that were damaged in riots in 2002 . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/indian-court-orders-state-to-pay-for-2002-riot-damage-to-religious-buildings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/egypts-pm-says-us-threats-to-cut-aid-wont-work/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/egypts-pm-says-us-threats-to-cut-aid-wont-work/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124945 News from The Associated Press: Egypt's military-backed prime minister says Cairo will not halt its crackdown on foreign nonprofit groups despite what he calls threats to cut off aid from Western and Arab countries. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/egypts-pm-says-us-threats-to-cut-aid-wont-work/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/church-of-england-general-synod-challenged-to-urgently-defend-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/church-of-england-general-synod-challenged-to-urgently-defend-marriage/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:29:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124904 Christian Concern: Andrea Minichiello Williams spoke to the General Synod today (6 Feb), challenging the Church of England to take a stand for traditional marriage before it is too late. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/church-of-england-general-synod-challenged-to-urgently-defend-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/archbishop-of-canterbury-warns-of-dangers-of-euthanasia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/archbishop-of-canterbury-warns-of-dangers-of-euthanasia/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:24:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124900 Christian Concern: The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that any legalisation of assisted suicide or euthanasia would be a “disaster” for Britain, creating circumstances where life would be “legally declared to be not worth living.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/archbishop-of-canterbury-warns-of-dangers-of-euthanasia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/scientists-manipulating-unborn-babies-to-have-three-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/scientists-manipulating-unborn-babies-to-have-three-parents/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:46:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124887 LifeNews.com: The 3-genetic parent embryo is back in the news. This time it is Australia that wants to attempt to genetically engineer a human embryo to have 3 genetic parents. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/scientists-manipulating-unborn-babies-to-have-three-parents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/france-opens-first-municipal-muslim-cemetery/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/france-opens-first-municipal-muslim-cemetery/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:41:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124861 Religion Clause: France's 1905 law on the separation of church and state bars creating municipal cemeteries limited to only one religion. This means that cities have been limited to setting aside Muslim-only sections in existing cemeteries. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/france-opens-first-municipal-muslim-cemetery/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/ap-european-court-ruling-upholds-media-freedoms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/ap-european-court-ruling-upholds-media-freedoms/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:30:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124839 News from The Associated Press: Europe's human rights court has rejected an invasion-of-privacy complaint by Monaco's Princess Caroline - one of two potentially groundbreaking rulings Tuesday that uphold the media's right to report on celebrities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/ap-european-court-ruling-upholds-media-freedoms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/uk-lawmakers-seethe-at-radical-preachers-bailing-by-eu-courtuk-lawmakers-seethe-at-radical-preachers-bailing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/uk-lawmakers-seethe-at-radical-preachers-bailing-by-eu-courtuk-lawmakers-seethe-at-radical-preachers-bailing/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:25:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124837 News from The Associated Press: British lawmakers from across the political spectrum voiced anger Tuesday at a court decision to release an imprisoned extremist cleric, saying the man described as one of Europe's leading al-Qaida figures could be free during the London Olympics. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/uk-lawmakers-seethe-at-radical-preachers-bailing-by-eu-courtuk-lawmakers-seethe-at-radical-preachers-bailing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/u-s-constitution-loses-appeal-with-people-around-the-world/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/u-s-constitution-loses-appeal-with-people-around-the-world/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:07:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124757 NYTimes.com: “The U.S. Constitution appears to be losing its appeal as a model for constitutional drafters elsewhere,” according to a new study by David S. Law of Washington University in St. Louis and Mila Versteeg of the University of Virginia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/u-s-constitution-loses-appeal-with-people-around-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/uk-girls-13-given-contraceptive-implants-at-school-without-parental-knowledge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/uk-girls-13-given-contraceptive-implants-at-school-without-parental-knowledge/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:04:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124755 Telegraph: Girls as young as 13 have been fitted with contraceptive implants at school without their parents knowing. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/uk-girls-13-given-contraceptive-implants-at-school-without-parental-knowledge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/uk-lawyers-can-seek-volunteers-to-help-locked-in-man-die/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/uk-lawyers-can-seek-volunteers-to-help-locked-in-man-die/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:09:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124725 Telegraph: Two senior judges ruled it would be “manifestly unjust” to stop them helping him prepare a legal challenge to the law on assisted suicide – even if doing so could assist his suicide, which would be illegal. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/uk-lawyers-can-seek-volunteers-to-help-locked-in-man-die/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/india-karnataka-hindu-extremists-attack-a-jesuit-catholic-college-students-and-teachers-beaten/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/india-karnataka-hindu-extremists-attack-a-jesuit-catholic-college-students-and-teachers-beaten/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:40:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124706 Asia News: The attack on the colleges of St. Joseph Anegal (40 km south of Bangalore) occurred on January 27. Reason for the assault, failure to display the Indian flag during celebrations for the national holiday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/india-karnataka-hindu-extremists-attack-a-jesuit-catholic-college-students-and-teachers-beaten/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/canada-pro-life-mp-rebukes-harper%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cironclad%e2%80%9d-party-discipline/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/canada-pro-life-mp-rebukes-harper%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cironclad%e2%80%9d-party-discipline/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:25:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124700 LifeSiteNews.com: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “ironclad” control over Conservative MPs is shutting down debate on public policy, a pro-life MP warned in a recent radio commentary. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/canada-pro-life-mp-rebukes-harper%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cironclad%e2%80%9d-party-discipline/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/taiwan%e2%80%99s-crackdown-on-sex-selective-abortion-showing-marginally-positive-results/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/taiwan%e2%80%99s-crackdown-on-sex-selective-abortion-showing-marginally-positive-results/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:21:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124698 LifeSiteNews.com: A report from Taiwanese health authorities says that a crackdown on illegal sex-selective abortions prevented the deaths of nearly 1,000 female unborn babies in 2011. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/taiwan%e2%80%99s-crackdown-on-sex-selective-abortion-showing-marginally-positive-results/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/australia-couple-sue-ivf-doctor-for-10m-in-wrongful-birth-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/australia-couple-sue-ivf-doctor-for-10m-in-wrongful-birth-case/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:13:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124694 Fox News: An Australian couple are seeking $10.6 million in damages from their IVF doctor because their son was born with a rare, genetic defect and will suffer a lifelong handicap. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/australia-couple-sue-ivf-doctor-for-10m-in-wrongful-birth-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/how-america-made-its-children-crazy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/how-america-made-its-children-crazy/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:33:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124682 Asia Times Online: Now we know that computers don't help children learn and that drugs don't help them concentrate, because the establishment mandarins who sold us the computers and drugs have conceded failure. In the January 29 New York Times, [1] a prominent professor of child development shows that attention-deficit-disorder drugs only harm the three million children who take them. One out of 10 American children have been diagnosed with so-called Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and most of them have been medicated. [2] Some months ago, the Times reported that test scores lagged in school districts that invested massively in digital education. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/how-america-made-its-children-crazy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/swedens-new-home-schooling-limits-being-tested-by-chabad-rabbi/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/swedens-new-home-schooling-limits-being-tested-by-chabad-rabbi/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:19:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124677 Religion Clause: Authorities in Gothenburg have formally notified the Namdars that they will be fined the equivalent of $2400 (US) per week if they do not enroll their children in a Swedish school by Feb. 1. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/swedens-new-home-schooling-limits-being-tested-by-chabad-rabbi/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/islamists-dying-for-power-in-holland/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/islamists-dying-for-power-in-holland/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:54:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124629 English pravda.ru: For the first time in the history of Europe, Islamic organization can participate in the elections. Party For Muslim Netherlands wants to get into parliament in 2015. The Netherlands could become the first country on the continent where the Islamists will participate in the legislature. The far-right sentiment is increasing in the country as well. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/islamists-dying-for-power-in-holland/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/egypt%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ccontempt-of-religion%e2%80%9d-law-does-not-apply-to-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/egypt%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ccontempt-of-religion%e2%80%9d-law-does-not-apply-to-christians/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:22:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124625 Christian Freedom International: But despite the consistent defamation of Christianity by prominent Muslims — which has included calling Christians “infidels” and “criminals” and the Bible as “fake” and “Greek mythology” — complaints filed by Christians against Muslims for these offenses in accordance with the contempt of religion law have come to no avail. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/egypt%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9ccontempt-of-religion%e2%80%9d-law-does-not-apply-to-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/uk-abortion-protestors-prosecuted-in-free-speech-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/uk-abortion-protestors-prosecuted-in-free-speech-case/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:21:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124623 Christian Concern: Andy Stephenson and Kathryn Sloane entered a not-guilty plea yesterday (30 Jan) at Brighton Magistrates' Court, after being arrested for a demonstration outside an abortion clinic in Brighton on 22 June 2011. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/uk-abortion-protestors-prosecuted-in-free-speech-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/sexual-promiscuity-costing-uk-billions-of-pounds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/sexual-promiscuity-costing-uk-billions-of-pounds/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:19:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124621 Christian Concern: A culture of sexual license and promiscuity in the UK is costing the taxpayer approximately £100 billion per year, according to findings by the Jubilee Centre. In a paper entitled “Free sex: Who pays? Moral hazard and sexual ethics” . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/sexual-promiscuity-costing-uk-billions-of-pounds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/macedonian-orthodox-christian-church-set-alight-in-conflict-with-muslims/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/macedonian-orthodox-christian-church-set-alight-in-conflict-with-muslims/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:48:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124611 Boston.com: An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons was set alight in southern Macedonia overnight, authorities said Tuesday, as religious tension between Christians and minority Muslims grew over a carnival in which men dressed as women in burqas and mocked the Quran. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/macedonian-orthodox-christian-church-set-alight-in-conflict-with-muslims/feed/ 0