http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 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/2011/03/29/in-memory-of-a-great-adf-ally-and-friend-scott-shields/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/in-memory-of-a-great-adf-ally-and-friend-scott-shields/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:45:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99417 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/in-memory-of-a-great-adf-ally-and-friend-scott-shields/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/hernando-club-news-for-march-16-and-beyond/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/hernando-club-news-for-march-16-and-beyond/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:35:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98170 St. Petersburg Times: Nature Coast 9.12 Groups: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Spring Hill Lanes, in the lounge, 3447 Commercial Way. The speaker is Rebecca O'Dell, an appellate attorney that practices before the U.S. Supreme Court, 11th Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeal and Florida Supreme Court. She is an Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney and a member of its honor corps. There will be a question and answer time and a 50/50 drawing. The public is welcome. (352) 597-6756. Web: naturecoast 912groups.org. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/hernando-club-news-for-march-16-and-beyond/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/attorney-court-punishes-narrow-religious-beliefs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/attorney-court-punishes-narrow-religious-beliefs/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:47:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91059 OneNewsNow: "Voydatch's attorney, John Anthony Simmons, an allied attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, says the court modified the child's school placement at the request of the father. 'And the rationale that it used was that the child [and the mother] had religious beliefs . . . that were abhorrent to the father and that essentially were too narrow,' says Simmons, 'and that those opinions needed to be corrected . . .'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/12/attorney-court-punishes-narrow-religious-beliefs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/nh-court-asked-to-give-up-control-of-students-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/nh-court-asked-to-give-up-control-of-students-religion/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:07:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90369 WorldNetDaily: "The Supreme Court in New Hampshire today was asked to reverse a lower court decision that ordered a homeschooled student who was 'well liked, social and interactive with her peers, academically promising and intellectually at or superior to grade level' into a public school because she was too 'vigorous' in defense of her Christian faith. 'Parents have a fundamental right to make educational choices for their children,' said John Anthony Simmons, an attorney allied with the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/nh-court-asked-to-give-up-control-of-students-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/nh-supreme-court-hears-homeschoolers-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/nh-supreme-court-hears-homeschoolers-case/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:41:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90105 Charisma: "Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) allied attorney John Anthony Simmons will argue before the high court on behalf of the girl’s mother, who is objecting to the judge’s order on appeal." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/nh-supreme-court-hears-homeschoolers-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/homeschooling-community-grows-beyond-2-million/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/homeschooling-community-grows-beyond-2-million/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:40:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90101 Christian Post: "Over 2 million children are being homeschooled in the United States, a new study finds . . . The New Hampshire Supreme Court is set to hear a custody case on Thursday involving a homeschooled girl that was ordered by a state judge to enter public school after a guardian ad litem testified that the girl vigorously defended her Christians beliefs . . . 'Parents have a fundamental right to make educational choices for their children,' said John Anthony Simmons, an Alliance Defense Fund-allied attorney representing the girl's mother." | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/06/homeschooling-community-grows-beyond-2-million/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/judge-rules-planned-parenthood-center-broke-ohio-law-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/judge-rules-planned-parenthood-center-broke-ohio-law-2/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:58:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88454 Christian Telegraph: "An Ohio judge has ruled a Planned Parenthood affiliate violated a state law involving an under-age girl in another example of misconduct uncovered among the abortion giant's centers . . . 'The health and safety of young girls is more important than Planned Parenthood's desire to perform an abortion,' said Brian Hurley, an Alliance Defense Fund-affiliated lawyer who is representing the girl's parents in the case." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/28/judge-rules-planned-parenthood-center-broke-ohio-law-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/judge-rules-planned-parenthood-center-broke-ohio-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/judge-rules-planned-parenthood-center-broke-ohio-law/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:21:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=88138 Townhall (Baptist Press): "An Ohio judge has ruled a Planned Parenthood affiliate violated a state law involving an under-age girl in another example of misconduct uncovered among the abortion giant's centers . . . 'The health and safety of young girls is more important than Planned Parenthood's desire to perform an abortion,' said Brian Hurley, an Alliance Defense Fund-affiliated lawyer who is representing the girl's parents in the case." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/22/judge-rules-planned-parenthood-center-broke-ohio-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/pa-creche-moving-to-borough-building-in-canonsburg/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/pa-creche-moving-to-borough-building-in-canonsburg/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:46:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87048 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "But Mr. Tupi, who volunteers with the religious freedom group Alliance Defense Fund, disagrees with the entire premise that religious displays should be 'secularized' if they are to remain on public property. He believes a creche should be allowed, even if it's not in the context of other holiday items. And he thinks the Supreme Court has misinterpreted the intent of the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment, 'I think under an original intent understanding of the First Amendment, there would be no need to secularize a nativity display any more than there is a need to abolish the holiday of Christmas,' he said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/pa-creche-moving-to-borough-building-in-canonsburg/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/prayer-to-continue-at-chillicothe-city-council-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/prayer-to-continue-at-chillicothe-city-council-meetings/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:17:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86413 Chillicothe Gazette: "After an outpouring of concern from the local Christian community, invocations will continue to lead Chillicothe City Council's agenda . . . At the meeting, Eddy gave council members copies of a letter from Columbus attorney Matthew J. Burkhart, a member of the Alliance Defense Fund, who offered some case law on the subject and offered to help the city develop a policy on prayer." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/prayer-to-continue-at-chillicothe-city-council-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/pa-canonsburg-council-brings-back-creche/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/pa-canonsburg-council-brings-back-creche/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:16:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86408 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "The Canonsburg borough council voted unanimously Monday night to allow a creche back on borough property after a resident's complaint prompted the borough manager to move the display down the street . . . Bradley Tupi, a Pittsburgh attorney who volunteers with the Alliance Defense Fund, said municipalities end up impinging on religious expression out of fear of lawsuits." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/14/pa-canonsburg-council-brings-back-creche/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/ohio-court-planned-parenthood-violated-law-in-teen-statutory-rape-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/ohio-court-planned-parenthood-violated-law-in-teen-statutory-rape-case/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:25:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86031 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/10/ohio-court-planned-parenthood-violated-law-in-teen-statutory-rape-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/employees-punished-for-expressing-their-faith/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/employees-punished-for-expressing-their-faith/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:22:48 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82549 Alliance Defense Fund: "To help get the word out [for the 52nd Annual Santa Barbara Community Prayer Breakfast] to local business owners, Craig appeared for 30 seconds in a three-minute promotional video, along with a Santa Barbara-area school superintendent and a local high school teacher. Craig identified himself as the principal of Foothill School, but did not mention the school district. Regardless, a school district board member who viewed the video on the Internet filed a complaint against Craig, wrongly claiming that he had violated the so-called 'separation of church and state' . . . Craig contacted ADF for legal assistance and was referred to a local ADF-allied attorney who is now defending Craig’s constitutionally protected freedom of speech in an effort to help him keep his job." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/17/employees-punished-for-expressing-their-faith/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/nh-electronic-sign-to-flash-bible-verses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/nh-electronic-sign-to-flash-bible-verses/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:48:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81687 Concord Monitor: "The town zoning board decided Wednesday night to reverse its previous ruling and allow the Barnstead man to place an electronic sign on his Route 4 property that quotes daily Bible passages . . . Cusson's lawyer, Michael Tierney of the Alliance Defense Fund, which specializes in religious freedom cases, [had] argued in an appeal that the ordinance had been invalidly adopted. Though it was approved by voters at town meeting in March 2006, residents had not been properly notified about a public hearing three months earlier on the subject, Tierney said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/nh-electronic-sign-to-flash-bible-verses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/wa-more-suits-ahead-in-island-county/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/wa-more-suits-ahead-in-island-county/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:09:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=81666 The Whidbey Examiner: "Likely commissioner-elect Kelly Emerson has not ruled out filing more lawsuits against Island County when she doesn’t agree with policies set by the board of commissioners or implemented by county staff . . . Attorney Stephen Pidgeon of Everett, who is representing Emerson and her husband Ken, alleges the county has a history of ignoring property rights . . . Pidgeon is a member of the Alliance Defense Fund . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/12/wa-more-suits-ahead-in-island-county/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-legal-group-sues-palm-beach-state-college-on-behalf-of-conservative-student-ejected-from-campus-event/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-legal-group-sues-palm-beach-state-college-on-behalf-of-conservative-student-ejected-from-campus-event/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 22:52:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=80571 Palm Beach Post: "Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal group, filed suit today in U.S. District Court on behalf of Young Americans for Freedom, the conservative organization that the student was promoting. The suit alleges that college employees violated the constitutional rights of the group and its members." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/04/christian-legal-group-sues-palm-beach-state-college-on-behalf-of-conservative-student-ejected-from-campus-event/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/adf-takes-on-wins-abortion-battle/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/adf-takes-on-wins-abortion-battle/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:09:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79697 OneNewsNow: "A court intervention has saved the life of an unborn baby in Texas . . . 'It was a difficult choice for the girl to make to have to involve help from the outside, including legal assistance from ADF attorneys, but she felt that the life of her baby was worth it," [ADF Attorney Steve Aden] notes." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/02/adf-takes-on-wins-abortion-battle/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/video-%e2%80%93-alliance-defense-fund-weekly-update-%e2%80%93-2010-october-1-violation-for-seeking-christian-roommate-restraining-order-to-protect-babys-life/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/video-%e2%80%93-alliance-defense-fund-weekly-update-%e2%80%93-2010-october-1-violation-for-seeking-christian-roommate-restraining-order-to-protect-babys-life/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 20:34:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79576 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEIv-vbHZI ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/video-%e2%80%93-alliance-defense-fund-weekly-update-%e2%80%93-2010-october-1-violation-for-seeking-christian-roommate-restraining-order-to-protect-babys-life/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/court-parents-cant-force-teen-to-terminate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/court-parents-cant-force-teen-to-terminate/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:15:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79421 WorldNetDaily: "'The right not to have an abortion is protected by law, and this right isn't relinquished just because someone else considers the child to be an unwanted burden,' said ADF Legal Counsel [Matt Bowman]. 'This situation illustrates what a difference it can make when a woman is more fully informed about the true nature of abortion.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/court-parents-cant-force-teen-to-terminate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/teens-parents-agree-not-to-force-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/teens-parents-agree-not-to-force-abortion/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:13:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79417 Baptist Press: "A Travis County District Court judge authorized the order Oct. 28, one day after the parents agreed in writing no longer to coerce their daughter to abort her child, who is at 14 weeks gestation, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) reported." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/01/teens-parents-agree-not-to-force-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/texas-parents-retreat-wont-force-daughter-to-have-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/texas-parents-retreat-wont-force-daughter-to-have-abortion/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:55:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79361 LifeNews: "The parents of a 16-year-old girl have backed down and are retreating from their attempt to force their daughter to have an abortion. They signed a court order Wednesday agreeing to not force their daughter to have an abortion against her will after she obtained legal help from the Alliance Defense Fund pro-life legal group . . . 'The right not to have an abortion is protected by law, and this right isn’t relinquished just because someone else considers the child to be an unwanted burden,' said ADF Legal Counsel [Matt Bowman]." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/texas-parents-retreat-wont-force-daughter-to-have-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/battle-for-babys-life-won-by-adf-allied-attorneys/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/battle-for-babys-life-won-by-adf-allied-attorneys/#comments Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:52:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79313 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/29/battle-for-babys-life-won-by-adf-allied-attorneys/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/tenn-students-keep-up-prayer-at-school-despite-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/tenn-students-keep-up-prayer-at-school-despite-ban/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:54:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79217 Christian Post: "Tennessee athletes, students and community members have been rallying together in prayer despite the efforts of Freedom from Religion Foundation and the Hamilton County superintendent to shut down prayer before football games and during graduation . . . The [FFRF] letter stated, “The Supreme Court has struck down pre-game invocations even when they are student initiated.' However, Bryan Beauman, an Alliance Defense Fund attorney, disagrees. 'You can’t eliminate any and all reference to a student’s faith,' he said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/28/tenn-students-keep-up-prayer-at-school-despite-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/texas-court-blocks-parents-from-forcing-abortion-on-teen/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/texas-court-blocks-parents-from-forcing-abortion-on-teen/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:14:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78672 Christian Post: "'No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life – especially one that belongs to someone else – is worthless,' said Stephen Casey, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/texas-court-blocks-parents-from-forcing-abortion-on-teen/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/texas-teen-nearly-forced-by-parents-into-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/texas-teen-nearly-forced-by-parents-into-abortion/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:53:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78376 LifeSiteNews: "A 16-year-old girl secured a temporary restraining order last week from a Texas court that blocks her parents from forcing her to have an abortion against her will . . . 'No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life - especially one that belongs to someone else - is worthless,' said attorney Stephen Casey of Round Rock, who belongs to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) alliance." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/texas-teen-nearly-forced-by-parents-into-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/tenn-schools-halt-prayers-at-sporting-events-graduation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/tenn-schools-halt-prayers-at-sporting-events-graduation/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:09:18 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78176 Christian Post: "Tennessee schools have agreed to stop broadcasting prayers before football games and during graduation ceremonies after atheist organization Freedom From Religion Foundation complained to the district . . . Bryan Beauman, an Alliance Defense Fund attorney, said Christians and schools also need to know that religious speech is not banned in school. 'You can’t eliminate any and all reference to a student’s faith,' he said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/tenn-schools-halt-prayers-at-sporting-events-graduation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/texas-parents-stopped-from-forcing-teenage-daughter-to-have-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/texas-parents-stopped-from-forcing-teenage-daughter-to-have-abortion/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:53:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78161 LifeNews: "With the help of pro-life attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund, a 16-year-old Texas girl has secured a temporary restraining order preventing her parents from forcing her to have an abortion . . . 'This situation illustrates what a difference it can make when a woman is more fully informed about the true nature of abortion,' [ADF Attorney Matt Bowman] said." | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/25/texas-parents-stopped-from-forcing-teenage-daughter-to-have-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/alan-sears-district-supporting-teachers-just-isnt-in-a-principals-job-description/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/alan-sears-district-supporting-teachers-just-isnt-in-a-principals-job-description/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:40:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=77646 Alan E. Sears writing at Inside the Issues: "For 52 years now, folks in the sunny coastal town have been putting together the annual Santa Barbara Community Prayer Breakfast . . . Last March, they created a . . . video to get the word out to business leaders, and enlisted several local educators to appear in it, including a teacher, a school superintendent, and Craig Richter, an elementary school principal who appeared for half a minute about 50 seconds into the clip . . . However, when a district board member saw the video on the Internet and complained, the district took action. They determined that Richter had both violated the sacrosanct and so-called 'separation between church and state' and dragged the district across the line with him." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/21/alan-sears-district-supporting-teachers-just-isnt-in-a-principals-job-description/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/court-upholds-pride-parade-firefighters-verdict/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/court-upholds-pride-parade-firefighters-verdict/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:16:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=76833 Sign On San Diego: "An appellate court panel . . . upheld last year’s jury verdict awarding damages to four San Diego firefighters who sued the city because they had been required to participate in the 2007 gay pride parade in Hillcrest . . . 'Government employees should never be forced to participate in events or acts that violate their sincerely held beliefs,' said Charles S. LiMandri, the West Coast regional director of the Thomas More Law Center and one of more than 1,800 attorneys who are part to the Alliance Defense Fund, which represented the firefighters." ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/18/court-upholds-pride-parade-firefighters-verdict/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/do-graphic-pro-life-posters-cross-a-moral-line/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/do-graphic-pro-life-posters-cross-a-moral-line/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:15:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75925 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/do-graphic-pro-life-posters-cross-a-moral-line/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/san-diego-appeals-firefighter-gay-parade-verdict/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/san-diego-appeals-firefighter-gay-parade-verdict/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:32:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75794 CBN News: "Four San Diego firefighters return to court Friday to defend their right to abstain from participating in the city's annual Gay Pride Parade . . . 'Government employees should never be forced to participate in events or acts that violate their sincerely held beliefs,' said Alliance Defense Fund attorney Charles S. LiMandri, who is representing the firefighters." | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/08/san-diego-appeals-firefighter-gay-parade-verdict/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/fire-alarm-in-san-diego-adf-allied-attorney-argues-for-firefighters-on-appeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/fire-alarm-in-san-diego-adf-allied-attorney-argues-for-firefighters-on-appeal/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:49:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75763 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/fire-alarm-in-san-diego-adf-allied-attorney-argues-for-firefighters-on-appeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/nh-sign-for-jesus-plan-revived/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/nh-sign-for-jesus-plan-revived/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:45:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75528 Concord Monitor: "The Chichester zoning board last night granted the Barnstead man a rehearing on an application for a zoning variance to put an electronic sign along Route 4 that quotes daily Bible passages . . . Michael Tierney, a Manchester attorney representing Cusson and a member of the Alliance Defense Fund . . . had pointed to a public hearing notice published in the Suncook Valley Sun in November 2005. The notice . . . failed to mention that the proposed amendment would prohibit electronic signs." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/07/nh-sign-for-jesus-plan-revived/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/oregon-city-reaches-settlement-with-pro-life-advocate-on-using-abortion-pictures/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/oregon-city-reaches-settlement-with-pro-life-advocate-on-using-abortion-pictures/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:35:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74301 LifeNews: "The city of Stayton, Oregon has reched a settlment with a pro-life advocate who said it violated his right to display pro-life signs featuring pictures of unborn children killed in abortions . . . Pearson was represented by Beaverton-based attorney Kelly Ford, who is a member of the Alliance Defense Fund, a pro-life legal gorup. ADF attorneys argued that requiring Pearson to obtain a permit was a violation of his constitutional rights to free speech." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/oregon-city-reaches-settlement-with-pro-life-advocate-on-using-abortion-pictures/feed/ 0