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/2012/05/21/gary-mccaleb-no-rights-of-conscience-for-military-chaplains/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/gary-mccaleb-no-rights-of-conscience-for-military-chaplains/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:26:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134192 Gary McCaleb at Townhall: When President Obama prepared to repeal the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy in July 2011, defenders of marriage and religious freedom warned that the repeal would open Pandora’s Box. Military chaplains even sought congressional action to protect their rights of conscience. The predominant concern was that the President’s actions would usher in attempts to redefine marriage on military installations, which would, in turn, force chaplains to perform the ceremonies for same-sex couples in uniform . . . in the months since the repeal, it turns out the concerns were well-founded. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/gary-mccaleb-no-rights-of-conscience-for-military-chaplains/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/gary-mccaleb-putting-faith-under-house-arrest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/gary-mccaleb-putting-faith-under-house-arrest/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:16:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131917 Townhall: For decades, atheist groups have strategically involved themselves in questions of religious freedom, and they have done so chiefly by fighting to have all Christian symbols and texts removed from public view. But in recent years, as this fight has continued, it’s become evident that it’s not just symbols and texts they want removed from public view, rather, it’s Christians themselves. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/gary-mccaleb-putting-faith-under-house-arrest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/states-attack-obamacare-with-birth-control-bills-pjstar-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/states-attack-obamacare-with-birth-control-bills-pjstar-com/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:38:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126146 pjstar.com: Americans "confront unprecedented government threats to their religious freedom, in particular from the federal government's newly enacted mandates relating to health insurance," said Gary McCaleb, a lawyer from the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based Christian nonprofit. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/20/states-attack-obamacare-with-birth-control-bills-pjstar-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-comment-on-az-bill-protecting-religious-freedom-from-obama-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-comment-on-az-bill-protecting-religious-freedom-from-obama-mandate/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:33:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126014 Alliance Defense Fund Chief Solicitor Gary McCaleb regarding today’s 6-3 Arizona House Judiciary Committee vote to pass HB 2625 (the “strike everything” amendment) out of committee: ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/17/adf-comment-on-az-bill-protecting-religious-freedom-from-obama-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/adf-additional-comment-on-revisions-to-hhs-mandate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/adf-additional-comment-on-revisions-to-hhs-mandate/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:24:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125472 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/13/adf-additional-comment-on-revisions-to-hhs-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/gary-mccaleb-for-the-human-rights-campaign-diversity-is-not-enough/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/gary-mccaleb-for-the-human-rights-campaign-diversity-is-not-enough/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:19:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119359 The American Thinker: Foley & Lardner, LLP is a large and successful law firm. Focused on serving business clients, it has more than 1,000 attorneys in over 60 offices throughout the United States and across the globe. And although a firm that large is necessarily diverse, we recently found that diversity is not enough when the Human Rights Campaign is looking over your shoulder. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/23/gary-mccaleb-for-the-human-rights-campaign-diversity-is-not-enough/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/gary-mccaleb-on-point-of-view-radio-dadt-repeal-the-threat-to-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/gary-mccaleb-on-point-of-view-radio-dadt-repeal-the-threat-to-religious-freedom/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:49:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114805 Gary McCaleb appeared on Point of View Radio to discuss DADT repeal and the threat to religious freedom. | MP3 audio 16:33 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/28/gary-mccaleb-on-point-of-view-radio-dadt-repeal-the-threat-to-religious-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/gary-mccaleb-the-stonewall-and-the-trapdoor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/gary-mccaleb-the-stonewall-and-the-trapdoor/#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:50:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113857 Gary McCaleb at Townhall: For over a year, ADF and decorated, high-ranking veteran chaplains have warned that DADT repeal will harm military religious liberty. One of the most significant threats is that the lack of strong regulations protecting chaplains and service members from “sexual orientation discrimination” complaints will chill free speech and freedom of religion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/19/gary-mccaleb-the-stonewall-and-the-trapdoor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/proposed-arizona-amendment-compromises-attorneys-free-speech-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/proposed-arizona-amendment-compromises-attorneys-free-speech-rights/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:43:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108768 Charisma: “No one should have their free speech rights threatened just because they advocate a position that some consider politically incorrect. Stifling the advocacy of attorneys is simply unconstitutional,” says Gary McCaleb, ADF senior counsel. “Our legal system promises all of its citizens the freedom to fully and fairly debate the important questions of our day. This proposed amendment needlessly undermines that constitutional guarantee within the very profession that protects constitutional rights.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/22/proposed-arizona-amendment-compromises-attorneys-free-speech-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/attorneys-to-arizona-supreme-court-dont-silence-legal-advocates/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/attorneys-to-arizona-supreme-court-dont-silence-legal-advocates/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:23:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108666 Montana News Association: “No one should have their free speech rights threatened just because they advocate a position that some consider politically incorrect. Stifling the advocacy of attorneys is simply unconstitutional,” said ADF Senior Counsel Gary McCaleb. “Our legal system promises all of its citizens the freedom to fully and fairly debate the important questions of our day. This proposed amendment needlessly undermines that constitutional guarantee within the very profession that protects constitutional rights.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/21/attorneys-to-arizona-supreme-court-dont-silence-legal-advocates/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/10/gary-mccaleb-sos-%e2%80%93-don%e2%80%99t-ask-don%e2%80%99t-tell/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/10/gary-mccaleb-sos-%e2%80%93-don%e2%80%99t-ask-don%e2%80%99t-tell/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:38:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106070 Speak Up Movement Church Blog: The good Captain claimed that the reasoned opposition of dozens of veteran chaplains and the “endorsing agencies” (which provide the majority of chaplain candidates to the military) was no more than a desperate “SOS” raised by “bigots” who are being cast onto the scrap heap of history. But the Captain’s arguments scarcely left port when a Christian fighter pilot loosed a few saintly salvos with devastating results . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/10/gary-mccaleb-sos-%e2%80%93-don%e2%80%99t-ask-don%e2%80%99t-tell/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/07/gary-mccaleb-crossing-the-west/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/07/gary-mccaleb-crossing-the-west/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:26:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105690 Speak Up Movement Church Blog: When highway patrolmen wanted to honor thirteen troopers who died serving in the vast expanses of Utah, they decided to use roadside crosses. The private Utah Highway Patrol Association then used volunteer labor, donated materials, and a lot of heart to carefully place memorials at or near where each trooper died. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/07/gary-mccaleb-crossing-the-west/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/gary-mccaleb-four-chaplains%e2%80%a6/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/gary-mccaleb-four-chaplains%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 27 May 2011 06:02:33 +0000 jazepro http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104861 Speak Up Movement Church Blog: But from that horror emerged the remarkable story of four Army chaplains who acted with uncommon valor—steadying the panicked troops, guiding them to safety, urging calm amidst the chaos. As the ship pitched in its death throes, the four handed their own life jackets to troopers who had none, and with that final act of grace they surrendered their lives for the sake of others. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/26/gary-mccaleb-four-chaplains%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/gary-mccaleb-seven-days-in-may/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/gary-mccaleb-seven-days-in-may/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:09:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101229 Speak Up Movement Church Blog: The 1960s blockbuster movie Seven Days in May recounted a fictional plot by military leaders to overthrow a president who pushed for nuclear disarmament . . . Recently, House committees have been asking hard questions of some generals and admirals—and much to their shame, those active duty commanders tap danced around the hard truths that were set forth months ago by almost 1200 senior veteran officers—retired flag and general officers who can speak without career fears hanging over them. But their evasion did not go unnoticed, and now some of the best minds in America are rebelling against this radical “repeal” of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/gary-mccaleb-seven-days-in-may/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/gary-mccaleb-what-could-the-magna-carta-be-%e2%80%9chomophobic%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/gary-mccaleb-what-could-the-magna-carta-be-%e2%80%9chomophobic%e2%80%9d/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:51:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99097 Gary McCaleb at the Speak Up Movement Church Blog: Thus, when ADF opposes same-sex “marriage” in the civil realm, it isn’t defending some “homophobic” limitation of rights, as our opponents love to claim. ADF is instead defending liberty on a deeply reasoned, philosophical foundation. This, ADF has done for well over a decade, and this ADF will do, with the grace of God, for some decades to come. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/24/gary-mccaleb-what-could-the-magna-carta-be-%e2%80%9chomophobic%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/gary-mccaleb-military-to-chaplains-reconsider-your-calling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/gary-mccaleb-military-to-chaplains-reconsider-your-calling/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:30:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98797 Gary McCaleb at the Speak Up Movement Church Blog: That is why ADF and its allied attorneys just filed a “friend of the court” brief in the Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America case, to inform the court that changing the law will risk the religious freedom of chaplains and service members. This case, which is now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, is a direct attack on the law which prohibits open homosexual behavior in the military. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/gary-mccaleb-military-to-chaplains-reconsider-your-calling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/army-chaplains-oppose-dadt-repeal-on-religious-speech-grounds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/army-chaplains-oppose-dadt-repeal-on-religious-speech-grounds/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:18:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84333 writing at The Daily Caller: "[Gary McCaleb], senior council of The Alliance Defense Fund, told The Daily Caller that one of the most concerning elements of DADT repeal is the threat that chaplains will be charged with discrimination. According to McCaleb, the official acceptance of homosexual behavior can only be enforced through a nondiscrimination policy, which will infringe upon the ability of chaplains to preach, and, if chaplains do preach against homosexual behavior, it will likely result in reprimand." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/30/army-chaplains-oppose-dadt-repeal-on-religious-speech-grounds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/not-appealing-log-cabin-republicans-v-gates-incomprehensible/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/not-appealing-log-cabin-republicans-v-gates-incomprehensible/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:36:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=78484 Gary McCaleb writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: [T]he Department of Justice appealed that deeply flawed decision in Log Cabin Republicans v. Gates—a decision that should never have been made. The lower court should have honored the constitutional separation of powers that vests Congress and the President with control of the military . . . [T]he leftist homosexual advocacy group, Servicemembers United . . . deemed the government’s decision to appeal the Log Cabin case while not appealing the ADF case to be 'incomprehensible.' But to borrow a line from The Princess Bride with regard to a similar term, 'You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/26/not-appealing-log-cabin-republicans-v-gates-incomprehensible/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/gary-mccaleb-federalist-no-76-%e2%80%93-the-appointing-power-of-the-executive-from-the-new-york-packet-hamilton/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/gary-mccaleb-federalist-no-76-%e2%80%93-the-appointing-power-of-the-executive-from-the-new-york-packet-hamilton/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:56:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/gary-mccaleb-federalist-no-76-%e2%80%93-the-appointing-power-of-the-executive-from-the-new-york-packet-hamilton/ Constituting America Blog: "Federalist No. 76 recognizes that every government needs a stable of civil servants, who in turn must be secured for service with reasonable dispatch and with some assurance of quality. The paper plays off a consistent theme of our founding era—to balance each grant of authority (and concomitant power) with some restraint on the authority. In a nutshell, Hamilton takes the familiar balancing of powers among the executive, judicial, and legislative branches down a notch as he considers how to expeditiously staff the government with high quality persons, while restraining the appointment power lest it be used by the President to untoward ends. " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/gary-mccaleb-federalist-no-76-%e2%80%93-the-appointing-power-of-the-executive-from-the-new-york-packet-hamilton/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/11/alarm-bells-sounding-over-kagans-agenda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/11/alarm-bells-sounding-over-kagans-agenda/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 16:27:55 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60394 WorldNetDaily: "'Any justice nominated to the Supreme Court should apply the Constitution faithfully and according to the intent of the founders who drafted it. As Thomas Jefferson said, the judiciary becomes a "despotic branch" if judges decide for themselves what is and is not constitutional,' said Senior Counsel [Gary McCaleb], of the Alliance Defense Fund . . . ADF CEO [Alan Sears] said, 'Thomas Jefferson noted in 1804 that "the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action but for the legislature and the executive also in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch."'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/11/alarm-bells-sounding-over-kagans-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/adf-on-supreme-court-nomination-judges-should-rule-according-to-the-constitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/adf-on-supreme-court-nomination-judges-should-rule-according-to-the-constitution/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 20:58:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/adf-on-supreme-court-nomination-judges-should-rule-according-to-the-constitution/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/10/adf-on-supreme-court-nomination-judges-should-rule-according-to-the-constitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/gary-mccaleb-on-ktvk-3-update-on-phoenix-vs-church-bells/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/gary-mccaleb-on-ktvk-3-update-on-phoenix-vs-church-bells/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:39:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/gary-mccaleb-on-ktvk-3-update-on-phoenix-vs-church-bells/ KTVK 3 to provide an update on the status of efforts by the City of Phoenix to regulate ringing church bells. | 4 min. MP4 | ADF: Churches sue city of Phoenix over ordinance prohibiting ringing of church bells ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/gary-mccaleb-on-ktvk-3-update-on-phoenix-vs-church-bells/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/ruling-rings-loud-and-clear-for-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/ruling-rings-loud-and-clear-for-churches/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:28:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58703 OneNewsNow: "Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorney [Gary McCaleb] tells OneNewsNow that ice cream trucks could roam the streets playing louder music and not face sanctions . . . 'What we'll do now,' says the ADF attorney, 'is take this decision that the law is unconstitutional as applied to the bishop and take it over to the state court and see if we can't get that conviction expunged and the bishop's record cleared.' ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/ruling-rings-loud-and-clear-for-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/16/christian-group-joins-campaign-on-pleading-standard/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/16/christian-group-joins-campaign-on-pleading-standard/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55544 Blog of the Legal Times: "The conservative Alliance Defense Fund is lining up in opposition to a pair of U.S. Supreme Court decisions that changed the standard for filing most civil lawsuits — a move that aligns the Christian litigation group with some unlikely allies . . . In a letter to lawmakers, Alliance Defense Fund senior counsel Gary McCaleb writes that his group represents both plaintiffs and defendants, so its objection is not that bringing a lawsuit has become more or less difficult. 'Rather,' he writes, 'our concern is that vague, malleable rules are bad news when it comes to orderly, reasoned processes . . . " (This is also published on Law.com) Hat tip: How Appealing ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/16/christian-group-joins-campaign-on-pleading-standard/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/about-gary-mccaleb/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/about-gary-mccaleb/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:38:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56058 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/about-gary-mccaleb/feed/ 8 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/obama-accused-of-establishing-religion-for-soldiers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/obama-accused-of-establishing-religion-for-soldiers/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:55:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52575 WorldNetDaily: "A team of top-drawer civil and religious rights lawyers is accusing President Obama of establishing a religion for the U.S. military through his demand to promote open homosexuality in the ranks . . . The letter was signed by Gary McCaleb, senior vice president and senior counsel; Jordan Lorence, senior vice president and senior counsel; Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel; and Kevin Theriot; senior counsel . . . 'Military chaplains who have volunteered to defend the liberties protected in our Constitution shouldn't be denied those very same liberties,' said Theriot. 'Forcing chaplains to deny the teachings of their faith in order to serve in the armed forces is a grave threat to the First Amendment and to the spiritual health of Marines, soldiers, sailors, and airmen who depend on them.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/19/obama-accused-of-establishing-religion-for-soldiers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/08/gary-mccaleb-on-ktvk-3-phoenix-the-battle-over-church-bells/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/08/gary-mccaleb-on-ktvk-3-phoenix-the-battle-over-church-bells/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:50:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51301 KTVK 3 Phoenix to discuss pending prosecutions of churches for ringing church bells in Phoenix. The MP4 runs just over 4 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/08/gary-mccaleb-on-ktvk-3-phoenix-the-battle-over-church-bells/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/erik-stanley-gary-mccaleb-on-radio-phoenix-prosecutes-for-ringing-church-bells/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/erik-stanley-gary-mccaleb-on-radio-phoenix-prosecutes-for-ringing-church-bells/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:05:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51143 KFUO with Roland Lettner to discuss litigation pending in Phoenix over the ringing of church bells. The MP3 runs approx. 25 minutes. Erik also appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss the same case. The MP3 runs just over 5 minutes. Related ADF Media Information ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/erik-stanley-gary-mccaleb-on-radio-phoenix-prosecutes-for-ringing-church-bells/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/20/gary-mccaleb-on-the-michael-medved-show-freedom-in-the-pulpit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/20/gary-mccaleb-on-the-michael-medved-show-freedom-in-the-pulpit/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=43022 The Michael Medved Show to discuss the ADF Pulpit Initiative. The MP3 runs just over 32 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/20/gary-mccaleb-on-the-michael-medved-show-freedom-in-the-pulpit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/29/arizona-opportunity-scholarships-allowed-to-stand/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/29/arizona-opportunity-scholarships-allowed-to-stand/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:14:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40856 CitizenLink: "Gary McCaleb, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, which filed a friend of the court brief in the case, said the program gives parents the options they deserve." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/29/arizona-opportunity-scholarships-allowed-to-stand/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/abbeys-road-fortelling-the-loss-of-religious-freedom-via-healthcare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/abbeys-road-fortelling-the-loss-of-religious-freedom-via-healthcare/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:16:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40091 WORLD Magazine: "Gary McCaleb of the Alliance Defense Fund—an Arizona-based religious liberty law fund—says the Belmont Abbey case highlights the precarious relationship between religious freedom and perceived discrimination. McCaleb says the notion that religious liberty must yield to secular nondiscrimination interests is 'a terrifying thought because religious liberty is the cornerstone of our country.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/abbeys-road-fortelling-the-loss-of-religious-freedom-via-healthcare/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/17/gary-mccaleb-on-the-jody-hice-show-harrassment-of-marriage-defenders-in-washington/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/17/gary-mccaleb-on-the-jody-hice-show-harrassment-of-marriage-defenders-in-washington/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:53:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36317 Jody Hice Show to discuss the harrassment of marriage defenders in Washington state and ADF efforts to stop that. The MP3 runs just under 18 minutes. ADF Media information: New hotline for Wash. Referendum 71 supporters who encounter retaliation ProtectMarriageWA.com ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/17/gary-mccaleb-on-the-jody-hice-show-harrassment-of-marriage-defenders-in-washington/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/white-house-fishes-for-trouble/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/white-house-fishes-for-trouble/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:47:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32401 CitizenLink: "'We have an administration in America taking a page out of a playbook that was written by the Khrushchev types in the 1950s,' [McCaleb] said. 'Why is the government asking neighbor to report on neighbor like the Russians asked their children to report on their parents?'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/07/white-house-fishes-for-trouble/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/15/phoenix-church-bells-declared-disturbers-of-the-peace/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/15/phoenix-church-bells-declared-disturbers-of-the-peace/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:45:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30053 reports in the Los Angeles Times: "'It's frankly a little bit astonishing,' said alliance attorney Gary S. McCaleb, contending the case violates the church's 1st Amendment freedom to practice its religion. 'It's very clearly an expression and outworking of their faith.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/15/phoenix-church-bells-declared-disturbers-of-the-peace/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/09/small-churches-together-making-a-difference-for-religious-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/09/small-churches-together-making-a-difference-for-religious-freedom/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:33:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29650 has posted an Alliance Defense Fund video and transcript detailing the Montana Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church 9th Circuit victory. On Feb 25th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit reversed a ruling which had upheld as constitutional a Montana commissioner’s determination that a church violated state law by not registering as an “incidental political committee.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/09/small-churches-together-making-a-difference-for-religious-freedom/feed/ 1