http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Wed, 16 May 2012 22:58:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/iowa-catholic-bishop-to-permit-homosexual-scholarship-at-iowa-h-s/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/iowa-catholic-bishop-to-permit-homosexual-scholarship-at-iowa-h-s/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133911 The New American: The Catholic bishop of Davenport, Iowa, has decided to allow a homosexual group to present a hefty scholarship to a homosexual student at a Catholic high school. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/iowa-catholic-bishop-to-permit-homosexual-scholarship-at-iowa-h-s/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rev-robert-sirico-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rev-robert-sirico-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:42:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133909 Christian Newswire: "The choice between the free market and the nanny state is actually a false choice," says the Rev. Robert Sirico. Contrary to the conventional debate between those who defend opportunity and the free market versus those who defend the underprivileged and spreading the wealth around Father Sirico argues in "Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy" (Regnery 2012) that America doesn't have to choose one over the other and by choosing opportunity and the free market, the underprivileged will actually experience greater benefits than any state welfare or private charity could provide. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rev-robert-sirico-defending-the-free-market-the-moral-case-for-a-free-economy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/hong-kong-crackdowns-on-chinese-families-looking-to-get-around-one-child-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/hong-kong-crackdowns-on-chinese-families-looking-to-get-around-one-child-policy/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:39:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133907 theStar.com: Over the last decade the number of mainland babies born in Hong Kong has risen from 620 in 2001 to more than 40,000 in 2010 — almost half the total 88,000 births in the territory. Some experts estimate that upwards of 60 per cent of these are second children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/hong-kong-crackdowns-on-chinese-families-looking-to-get-around-one-child-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/bodies-inert-they-moved-a-robot-with-their-minds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/bodies-inert-they-moved-a-robot-with-their-minds/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:33:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133905 NY Times: wo people who are virtually paralyzed from the neck down have learned to manipulate a robotic arm with just their thoughts, using it to reach out and grab objects. One of them, a woman, was able to retrieve a bottle containing coffee and drink it from a straw . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/bodies-inert-they-moved-a-robot-with-their-minds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-zealand-introduces-an-intrusive-birth-control-plan-for-women-receiving-welfare-payments/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-zealand-introduces-an-intrusive-birth-control-plan-for-women-receiving-welfare-payments/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:24:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133902 Turtle Bay and Beyond: The New Zealand government is planning to offer free long-term contraception such as implants and IUDs to women who receive welfare payments and their daughters, the BBC reported last week. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-zealand-introduces-an-intrusive-birth-control-plan-for-women-receiving-welfare-payments/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/phyllis-schlafly-defeat-law-of-the-sea-treaty-again/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/phyllis-schlafly-defeat-law-of-the-sea-treaty-again/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:22:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133900 Townhall: The stunning repudiation of Sen. Richard Lugar's, R-Ind., bid for a seventh term has sent shock waves through Washington's internationalist lobby . . . Americans today are in no mood for subordinating U.S. sovereignty, plus seven-tenths of the world's surface area, to another entangling global bureaucracy, so advocates are using Orwellian talking points to pretend that LOST would do the opposite. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/phyllis-schlafly-defeat-law-of-the-sea-treaty-again/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/same-sex-marriage-requires-the-consent-of-the-governed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/same-sex-marriage-requires-the-consent-of-the-governed/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:13:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133898 Forbes: Frustrated by the unwillingness of the unwashed masses to vote the (politically) correct way, the great progressive bullhorn, The New York Times, expressed the hope that the Supreme Court would take the matter out of their hands ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/same-sex-marriage-requires-the-consent-of-the-governed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/doj-actively-working-to-see-doma-overturned/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/doj-actively-working-to-see-doma-overturned/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:05:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133893 Baptist Press: "Everybody thought they were taking a neutral stance. They did not indicate they were going to actively attack its constitutionality," Dale Schowengerdt, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, told Baptist Press. ADF, a Christian legal group, has worked to defend the law . . . Technically, the Justice Department is involved only in lawsuits that challenge Section 3 of DOMA -- the section that prevents the federal government from recognizing gay "marriage." But the legal arguments the Justice Department is making easily could be applied to all of DOMA, including the section that protects states, Schowengerdt said. President Obama, meanwhile, is supporting a bill in Congress that would overturn all of DOMA. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/doj-actively-working-to-see-doma-overturned/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/free-market-environmentalism-for-religious-leaders/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/free-market-environmentalism-for-religious-leaders/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:57:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133891 Acton Institute Power Blog (video included): Our friends at the Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment (FREE) in Bozeman, Mont., have put together another strong slate of summer programs for clergy, seminary professors and other religious leaders with the aim of deepening their understanding of environmental policy. In its description of the program, FREE notes that many in faith communities “see an inherent conflict between a market economy and environmental stewardship.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/free-market-environmentalism-for-religious-leaders/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/11th-circuit-teacher-fired-over-out-of-wedlock-pregnancy-can-sue-christian-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/11th-circuit-teacher-fired-over-out-of-wedlock-pregnancy-can-sue-christian-school/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:31:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133889 Reuters: An appeals court on Wednesday revived a Florida teacher's lawsuit against a Christian school that fired her after she admitted to conceiving a child before her marriage. | Hamilton v. Southland Christian School ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/11th-circuit-teacher-fired-over-out-of-wedlock-pregnancy-can-sue-christian-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/are-the-abortion-ultrasound-laws-headed-for-the-supreme-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/are-the-abortion-ultrasound-laws-headed-for-the-supreme-court/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:18:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133887 Yahoo News: To try to knock down these laws, abortion rights supporters have taken an interesting approach in court. Instead of arguing that the ultrasound and its description are an undue burden on women trying to receive a legal abortion, they say that the law is actually infringing on the First Amendment rights of doctors, who must recite facts about the fetus against their will. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/are-the-abortion-ultrasound-laws-headed-for-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/misdiagnosed-vietnam-baby-survives-abortion-but-dies-soon-after/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/misdiagnosed-vietnam-baby-survives-abortion-but-dies-soon-after/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:15:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133885 ThanhnienNews.com: A baby that was aborted in a central Vietnam clinic Sunday after her parents were convinced by erroneous scans that she had congenital abnormalities survived the abortion but died later because she was too weak. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/misdiagnosed-vietnam-baby-survives-abortion-but-dies-soon-after/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/ex-ag-wants-2-kan-justices-recused-in-ethics-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/ex-ag-wants-2-kan-justices-recused-in-ethics-case/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:12:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133883 El Dorado Times: Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline is asking two Kansas Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from ruling in his ethics case, contending the judges hold biases that could influence their decision . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/ex-ag-wants-2-kan-justices-recused-in-ethics-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/dutch-lawmaker-geert-wilders-will-sue-to-stop-ratification-of-european-bailout-fund/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/dutch-lawmaker-geert-wilders-will-sue-to-stop-ratification-of-european-bailout-fund/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:11:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133881 Washington Post: Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders says he will file a lawsuit to block the Netherlands from ratifying the permanent European bailout fund. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/dutch-lawmaker-geert-wilders-will-sue-to-stop-ratification-of-european-bailout-fund/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/pro-lifers-lobby-grand-rapids-leaders-on-insurance-coverage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/pro-lifers-lobby-grand-rapids-leaders-on-insurance-coverage/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:04:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133878 MLIve.com: Although the city’s human resources director said only abortions of “medical necessity” are covered by employee health insurance, anti-abortion advocates want the plan to include more specific language that prevents public funds from being spent on “elective abortions.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/pro-lifers-lobby-grand-rapids-leaders-on-insurance-coverage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/naral-vows-to-blitz-gop-over-dc-abortion-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/naral-vows-to-blitz-gop-over-dc-abortion-bill/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:02:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133876 The Hill: The head of a leading abortion rights groups promised to "flood" the offices of some House members with messages of opposition to a bill that would criminalize abortions after 20 weeks in the District of Columbia. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/naral-vows-to-blitz-gop-over-dc-abortion-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/abortion-groups-pressure-honduran-congress-on-abortion-pill-restrictions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/abortion-groups-pressure-honduran-congress-on-abortion-pill-restrictions/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:57:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133874 Over 700,000 Petitioners Demand Honduran Congress Reject Law Criminalizing Emergency Contraception: Advocates, lawyers, and citizens gathered today in protest on steps of Honduran Congress ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/abortion-groups-pressure-honduran-congress-on-abortion-pill-restrictions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/uk-advertising-regulator-mocked-for-c4m-probe/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/uk-advertising-regulator-mocked-for-c4m-probe/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:51:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133872 Christian Institute: The advertising regulator has been ridiculed for launching an astonishing investigation into ads which simply support the current law on marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/uk-advertising-regulator-mocked-for-c4m-probe/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/australia-human-rights-commission-member-pressured-into-resigning-after-supporting-traditional-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/australia-human-rights-commission-member-pressured-into-resigning-after-supporting-traditional-marriage/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:50:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133870 LifeSiteNews: A board member of the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) has resigned less than 48 hours after Australian media reported that he had signed a document supporting true marriage. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/australia-human-rights-commission-member-pressured-into-resigning-after-supporting-traditional-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/over-26000-petitions-sent-to-georgetown-opposing-invitation-to-hhs-secretary-sebelius/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/over-26000-petitions-sent-to-georgetown-opposing-invitation-to-hhs-secretary-sebelius/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:44:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133867 LifeSiteNews: The Cardinal Newman Society is sending to Georgetown University President John DiGioia the names of more than 26,000 people who joined an open letter urging Georgetown to cancel an invitation to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to speak at a diploma ceremony this Friday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/over-26000-petitions-sent-to-georgetown-opposing-invitation-to-hhs-secretary-sebelius/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/criminal-charges-against-pro-life-advocates-dropped-in-south-dakota/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/criminal-charges-against-pro-life-advocates-dropped-in-south-dakota/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:42:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133865 LifeSiteNews: Last week, a citation for unlawful assembly against the pro-life advocacy group Missionaries to the Preborn was dismissed after legal advocates say a city ordinance was improperly invoked. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/criminal-charges-against-pro-life-advocates-dropped-in-south-dakota/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/retaliation-against-international-boxing-star-for-opposing-marriage-redefinition/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/retaliation-against-international-boxing-star-for-opposing-marriage-redefinition/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:34:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133861 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/retaliation-against-international-boxing-star-for-opposing-marriage-redefinition/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/maine-gov-signs-budget-zapping-400k-to-planned-parenthood/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/maine-gov-signs-budget-zapping-400k-to-planned-parenthood/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133859 LifeNews: Maine Governor Paul LePage has delighted pro-life advocates today by initially pushing for and now signing a state budget into law that de-funds Planned Parenthood. The abortion business stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/maine-gov-signs-budget-zapping-400k-to-planned-parenthood/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/president-federal-doma-violates-equal-protection-but-lets-leave-marriage-to-the-states/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/president-federal-doma-violates-equal-protection-but-lets-leave-marriage-to-the-states/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 19:02:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133857 Washington Post points out some obvious problems with the President's "evolving" position. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/president-federal-doma-violates-equal-protection-but-lets-leave-marriage-to-the-states/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/debate-continues-over-louisiana-ultrasound-bill/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/debate-continues-over-louisiana-ultrasound-bill/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:45:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133855 WAFB.com: SB 708 is a measure that would allow a woman to hear the heartbeat of an unborn fetus prior to having an abortion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/debate-continues-over-louisiana-ultrasound-bill/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/louisiana-arrested-abortion-protester-vows-to-fight/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/louisiana-arrested-abortion-protester-vows-to-fight/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:39:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133853 KSLA.com (includes video): A woman who was arrested in April after protesting at a Shreveport abortion clinic is speaking out about facing felony charges . . . I think the public record is pretty clear that these guys are behaving and acting like the keystone cops," said Joel Pearce, Krier's attorney . . . Pearce wants to go to trial. And he says he's ready to make the case that his client was targeted for her beliefs. "We are going all the way, we will not negotiate, we will not surrender, and even after that we are going to make sure that Centenary is held accountable for this," said Pearce . . . "This is not a prosecution, this is a political persecution," says Pearce. [Pearce is an ADF allied attorney] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/louisiana-arrested-abortion-protester-vows-to-fight/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/obama-boehner-clash-at-white-house-over-debt-ceiling-hike/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/obama-boehner-clash-at-white-house-over-debt-ceiling-hike/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:27:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133851 The Hill: President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) clashed during a White House meeting on Wednesday, with the Speaker telling the president that he was “not going to allow a debt ceiling increase without doing something serious about the debt,” Boehner’s office said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/obama-boehner-clash-at-white-house-over-debt-ceiling-hike/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/oklahoma-ag-to-appeal-abortion-drug-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/oklahoma-ag-to-appeal-abortion-drug-ruling/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:25:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133849 Edmondsun.com: Grau called the ruling “unprecedented,” and said the judge long-jumped Oklahoma’s right, and a duty, to regulate the use of drugs and medicine within its borders. He compared the issue to the debate surrounding regulation and access to the non-prescription drug pseudoephedrine, a drug used to relieve nasal congestion caused by colds that is also an ingredient used to make meth. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/oklahoma-ag-to-appeal-abortion-drug-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/alan-sears-newsweek-aside-americans-still-oppose-redefining-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/alan-sears-newsweek-aside-americans-still-oppose-redefining-marriage/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:21:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133847 National Review: Therefore, while President Obama’s announcement may charge up the portion of his base to which he hoped to appeal, it does nothing to change the facts of the matter at hand. And those facts say a clear majority of Americans believe marriage should remain what it is and what it always has been, “a union between one man and one woman.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/alan-sears-newsweek-aside-americans-still-oppose-redefining-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/wy-abortion-protests-and-counter-protests-begin-in-jackson/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/wy-abortion-protests-and-counter-protests-begin-in-jackson/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:18:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133845 LocalNews8.com: Spokesmen said the protesters want to close what they call Wyoming's last abortion clinic in Jackson. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/wy-abortion-protests-and-counter-protests-begin-in-jackson/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rwanda-conditioned-legalization-of-abortion-divides-society/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rwanda-conditioned-legalization-of-abortion-divides-society/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:14:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133842 allAfrica.com: Rwandan legislature recently approved a bill legalising abortion in cases of rape, forced marriage or incest. The government hails the move as the promotion of women's rights. Churches see it as a violation of the fundamental right to life. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/rwanda-conditioned-legalization-of-abortion-divides-society/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/australia-abortion-patients-sue-clinic-for-passing-on-hep-c/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/australia-abortion-patients-sue-clinic-for-passing-on-hep-c/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:12:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133840 The Australian: FIFTY women who contracted hepatitis C after having abortions at a Melbourne clinic yesterday launched a class action in the Supreme Court of Victoria. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/australia-abortion-patients-sue-clinic-for-passing-on-hep-c/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-york-state-appellate-court-hears-arguments-over-same-sex-marriage-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-york-state-appellate-court-hears-arguments-over-same-sex-marriage-law/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:09:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133838 StarGazette.com: A state appeals court Tuesday heard arguments on whether the state's open meetings laws were violated during negotiations last year to legalize same-sex marriage in New York. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/new-york-state-appellate-court-hears-arguments-over-same-sex-marriage-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/domestic-partner-benefits-bill-clears-u-s-senate-panel/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/domestic-partner-benefits-bill-clears-u-s-senate-panel/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:07:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133836 Politico: A week after President Barack Obama publicly proclaimed his support for same-sex marriage, a Senate panel easily passed a measure that would extend benefits to gay and lesbian partners of federal workers. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/domestic-partner-benefits-bill-clears-u-s-senate-panel/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/law-professor-same-sex-marriage-wins-in-court-may-lead-to-public-backlash/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/law-professor-same-sex-marriage-wins-in-court-may-lead-to-public-backlash/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:03:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133834 Christian Post: Dale Schowengerdt, legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, told CP that backlashes occur "on every issue that the court has taken out of the public debate and constitutionalized unnecessarily." "The prime example is abortion," said Schowengerdt, who agreed that after the 1973 decision "the nation has been reeling ever since." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/law-professor-same-sex-marriage-wins-in-court-may-lead-to-public-backlash/feed/ 0