http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/with-n-y-c-churches-set-to-get-booted-n-y-senate-passes-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/with-n-y-c-churches-set-to-get-booted-n-y-senate-passes-bill/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:20:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125107 Baptist Press: With a weekend deadline approaching when churches will no longer be allowed to meet in public schools, the New York State Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that would allow worship services to continue. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/with-n-y-c-churches-set-to-get-booted-n-y-senate-passes-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/washington-state-house-poised-to-pass-bill-redefining-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/washington-state-house-poised-to-pass-bill-redefining-marriage/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:18:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125105 Reuters: The Washington state House of Representatives was expected to endorse gay marriage on Wednesday in a vote that puts the state on the cusp of becoming the seventh in the nation to recognize same-sex nuptials. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/washington-state-house-poised-to-pass-bill-redefining-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/gop-targets-child-tax-break-for-illegal-immigrants/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/gop-targets-child-tax-break-for-illegal-immigrants/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:04:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125103 News from The Associated Press: Republicans are looking to deny child tax credits to illegal immigrants - refund checks averaging $1,800 a family - in an effort that has roused anger among Hispanics and some Democratic lawmakers. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/gop-targets-child-tax-break-for-illegal-immigrants/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/mn-man-charged-with-polygamy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/mn-man-charged-with-polygamy/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125099 The Austin Daily Herald: A Hollandale man has been charged with marrying a woman even though he is already married to another. Wayne Allen DeMay, 41, faces one felony count of bigamy in Freeborn County District Court. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/mn-man-charged-with-polygamy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/usccb-official-sees-hawaii-law-as-poor-alternative-to-hhs-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/usccb-official-sees-hawaii-law-as-poor-alternative-to-hhs-mandate/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:58:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125097 Catholic Culture: A state law in Hawaii may form the basis for a compromise between the Obama administration and the US Catholic bishops on the mandate to include contraceptive coverage in health-care plans. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/usccb-official-sees-hawaii-law-as-poor-alternative-to-hhs-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/poster-couple-for-gay-marriage-in-california-is-getting-divorced-ny-daily-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/poster-couple-for-gay-marriage-in-california-is-getting-divorced-ny-daily-news/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:54:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125095 NY Daily News: The lesbians who became the poster couple for gays seeking to marry in California are now doing what countless straight couples have done before them — they’re splitting up. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/poster-couple-for-gay-marriage-in-california-is-getting-divorced-ny-daily-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/video-pro-life-activist-arrested-by-calgary-police-for-showing-graphic-abortion-signs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/video-pro-life-activist-arrested-by-calgary-police-for-showing-graphic-abortion-signs/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125093 LifeSiteNews (includes video of the arrest): A pro-life activist was arrested in Calgary on Saturday after a police officer objected to his signs, which featured images of aborted babies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/video-pro-life-activist-arrested-by-calgary-police-for-showing-graphic-abortion-signs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/christians%e2%80%99-new-option-fight-fire-with-fire-at-vanderbilt-university/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/christians%e2%80%99-new-option-fight-fire-with-fire-at-vanderbilt-university/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125091 WorldNetDaily (includes video): But this time a Christian professor is pointing out that under the same rule, Christians would be allowed to join an organization of atheists or Muslims and exert influence. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/christians%e2%80%99-new-option-fight-fire-with-fire-at-vanderbilt-university/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/bill-to-redefine-marriage-introduced-in-illinois/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/bill-to-redefine-marriage-introduced-in-illinois/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125089 GoPride.com: HB 5710, the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, provides that all laws of Illinois applicable to marriage apply equally to marriages of same-sex and different-sex couples. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/bill-to-redefine-marriage-introduced-in-illinois/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/reid-dem-caucus-fully-supports-obamas-fight-against-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/reid-dem-caucus-fully-supports-obamas-fight-against-churches/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:11:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125085 the video. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/reid-dem-caucus-fully-supports-obamas-fight-against-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/sen-rand-paul-the-president%e2%80%99s-war-on-religious-freedom-and-socialisms-anthropological-assault/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/sen-rand-paul-the-president%e2%80%99s-war-on-religious-freedom-and-socialisms-anthropological-assault/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125083 National Review Online: In his 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus, Pope John Paul II delivered a scathing critique of socialism, declaring that “the fundamental error of socialism is anthropological in nature. Socialism considers the individual person simply as an element, a molecule within the social organism, so that the good of the individual is completely subordinated. . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/sen-rand-paul-the-president%e2%80%99s-war-on-religious-freedom-and-socialisms-anthropological-assault/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nikolas-t-nikas-and-dorinada-bordlee-three-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nikolas-t-nikas-and-dorinada-bordlee-three-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:52:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125081 National Review Online: While a much longer treatment is called for, here’s three quick facts that everyone should know . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nikolas-t-nikas-and-dorinada-bordlee-three-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/afc-condemns-insulting-comments-from-nj-teachers-union-leader/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/afc-condemns-insulting-comments-from-nj-teachers-union-leader/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:44:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125078 American Federation for Children: The leader of New Jersey’s largest teachers union dismissed the plight of low-income families across the state who are in desperate need of high-quality educational choices, saying in a recent local television interview that “life’s not always fair” while arguing against giving expanded educational options to students trapped in failing schools. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/afc-condemns-insulting-comments-from-nj-teachers-union-leader/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/attention-urge-congress-to-investigate-planned-parenthood/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/attention-urge-congress-to-investigate-planned-parenthood/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125076 EngageFamilyMinute.com: The document, titled “Data and Summary of Planned Parenthood’s Waste, Abuse, and Potential Fraud,” is scheduled to be released later today in conjunction with ADF president Alan Sears’ appearance on Congress to document the illegal activity and ask for government accountability. On a conference call earlier today I head from top executives at SBA and ADF on the need for this report and an accounting by PP for their activities. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/attention-urge-congress-to-investigate-planned-parenthood/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/ilya-somin-why-same-sex-marriage-bans-qualify-as-sex-discrimination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/ilya-somin-why-same-sex-marriage-bans-qualify-as-sex-discrimination/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:35:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125070 The Volokh Conspiracy: Today’s Ninth Circuit decision striking down California’s Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage is unpersuasive because it claims that the law fails to meet even minimal “rational basis” scrutiny. Eugene Volokh does a good job of explaining why. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/ilya-somin-why-same-sex-marriage-bans-qualify-as-sex-discrimination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/orin-kerr-walker-and-reinhardts-reasoning-wont-matter-much-at-scotus/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/orin-kerr-walker-and-reinhardts-reasoning-wont-matter-much-at-scotus/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:32:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125068 The Volokh Conspiracy: I have no idea what the Supreme Court might do in the Perry case. But my own sense is that Judges Walker and Reinhardt are not quite as clever as some people seem to think. Or, at the very least, the reasoning of their opinions don’t really matter very much. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/orin-kerr-walker-and-reinhardts-reasoning-wont-matter-much-at-scotus/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/if-you-adopt-your-girlfriend-is-having-sex-with-her-now-incest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/if-you-adopt-your-girlfriend-is-having-sex-with-her-now-incest/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:29:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125065 The Volokh Conspiracy: A question I never thought to ask, but Prof. Terry Turnipseed asks and answers it, in a Slate article about a recent case in which a man did adopt his girlfriend — apparently to shelter money from creditors, given the terms of a trust for his children . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/if-you-adopt-your-girlfriend-is-having-sex-with-her-now-incest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nebraska-attorney-general-coordinates-lawsuit-against-obama-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nebraska-attorney-general-coordinates-lawsuit-against-obama-mandate/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:25:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125061 LifeNews.com: Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning is coordinating a legal challenge against the controversial Obama mandate requiring religious employers to cover birth control and drugs that can cause abortions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nebraska-attorney-general-coordinates-lawsuit-against-obama-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/state-legislators-target-foreign-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/state-legislators-target-foreign-law/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125059 WSJ.com: State lawmakers across the U.S. have started 2012 with a controversial message to their judges: keep foreign laws out of our courtrooms. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/state-legislators-target-foreign-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/mi-are-church-confessions-safe-court-to-hear-arguments/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/mi-are-church-confessions-safe-court-to-hear-arguments/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:26:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125057 CBS Detroit: In a case that could set national precedent, the three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel plans to hear arguments Thursday about whether a pastor’s testimony related to a possible confession in a child sexual assault case may be used in court. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/mi-are-church-confessions-safe-court-to-hear-arguments/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/romney-gingrich-blast-prop-8-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/romney-gingrich-blast-prop-8-ruling/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:13:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125054 CBS News: Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich on Tuesday decried the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for striking down California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage -- both of them targeting the judiciary system for invoking what Gingrich described as a "radical overreach" of power. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/romney-gingrich-blast-prop-8-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/orthodox-bishops-record-of-protest-against-the-infringement-of-religious-liberty-by-hhs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/orthodox-bishops-record-of-protest-against-the-infringement-of-religious-liberty-by-hhs/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:59:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125052 Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America - Record of Protest Against the Infringement of Religious Liberty by HHS: . . . We, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops, call upon HHS Secretary Sebelius and the Obama Administration to rescind this unjust ruling and to respect the religious freedom guaranteed all Americans by the First Amendment. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/orthodox-bishops-record-of-protest-against-the-infringement-of-religious-liberty-by-hhs/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/ny-suit-challenges-exclusion-of-unvaccinated-students-when-disease-occurs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/ny-suit-challenges-exclusion-of-unvaccinated-students-when-disease-occurs/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:53:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125048 Religion Clause: Today's New York Daily News reports that two parents are suing school officials over decisions by two principals to send unvaccinated children home when other students at their schools contracted communicable diseases. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/ny-suit-challenges-exclusion-of-unvaccinated-students-when-disease-occurs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/usccb-%e2%80%986-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/usccb-%e2%80%986-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate%e2%80%99/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:48:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125046 Catholic Culture: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has released a statement that offers “clarifications regarding the Health and Human Services regulations on mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/usccb-%e2%80%986-things-everyone-should-know-about-the-hhs-mandate%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/santorum-prop-8-ruling-hurts-foundation-of-our-society-rogue-9th-circuit-should-be-abolished/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/santorum-prop-8-ruling-hurts-foundation-of-our-society-rogue-9th-circuit-should-be-abolished/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125043 The Hill: "Today's decision by the 9th Circuit is another in a long line of radical activist rulings by this rogue circuit - and it is precisely why I have called for that circuit to be abolished and split up," Santorum said in a statement Tuesday. "Marriage is defined and has always been defined as 'one man and one woman.' We simply cannot allow 50 different definitions of marriage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/santorum-prop-8-ruling-hurts-foundation-of-our-society-rogue-9th-circuit-should-be-abolished/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/joe-biden-bill-daley-warned-of-contraceptive-backlash-in-divided-white-house/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/joe-biden-bill-daley-warned-of-contraceptive-backlash-in-divided-white-house/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:29:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125041 POLITICO.com: The advice coming from Biden and Daley also represented a division among the president’s top advisers, with a group of top women all urging the president to not create an exemption for religious organizations. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/joe-biden-bill-daley-warned-of-contraceptive-backlash-in-divided-white-house/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/white-house-attacks-romney-on-birth-control-ap/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/white-house-attacks-romney-on-birth-control-ap/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:24:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125039 News from The Associated Press: Romney has accused Obama of an "assault on religion" over the issue. But Carney says a virtually identical policy is in place in Massachusetts, where Romney served as governor, and that it's ironic for Romney to criticize Obama over it. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/white-house-attacks-romney-on-birth-control-ap/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/court-rules-aclu-client-jane-doe-must-reveal-her-identity-in-pittsylvania-prayer-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/court-rules-aclu-client-jane-doe-must-reveal-her-identity-in-pittsylvania-prayer-case/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:18:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125037 GoDanRiver.com: A federal judge has given the Pittsylvania County woman behind the ACLU’s lawsuit against the board of supervisors 30 days to reveal her name. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/court-rules-aclu-client-jane-doe-must-reveal-her-identity-in-pittsylvania-prayer-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/mat-staver-joins-board-of-the-national-hispanic-christian-leadership-conference/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/mat-staver-joins-board-of-the-national-hispanic-christian-leadership-conference/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:15:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125035 Liberty Counsel: Mathew Staver was appointed to the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) Board of Directors. The NHCLC is the nation’s largest Christian Hispanic organization and is also known as the Hispanic Evangelical Association. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/mat-staver-joins-board-of-the-national-hispanic-christian-leadership-conference/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nc-craven-commissioners-dont-have-a-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nc-craven-commissioners-dont-have-a-prayer/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:13:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125033 Havelock News: “It’s amazing to me that by virtue of being elected to this office, my speech is being restricted,” Commissioner Jeff Taylor said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/nc-craven-commissioners-dont-have-a-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/the-aclu-jumps-the-shark-on-coerced-contraceptive-coverage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/the-aclu-jumps-the-shark-on-coerced-contraceptive-coverage/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:11:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125031 Hot Air:The ACLU protests this perception, pointing to a number of controversial clients they have defended and insist that their mission is only to preserve the civil liberties enshrined in the Bill of Rights and the rest of the US Constitution. I think this puts the ACLU argument to rest once and for all . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/08/the-aclu-jumps-the-shark-on-coerced-contraceptive-coverage/feed/ 0