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/2011/08/08/county-limits-free-speech-to-3x3-space-in-woods/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/08/county-limits-free-speech-to-3x3-space-in-woods/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:33:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110180 WorldNetDaily: A Michigan woman is suing her county over limiting her petition gathering to a 3-by-3-foot square of ground in a 135-acre park, a restriction one attorney said is in the running for the title of the "most unconstitutional [free] speech zone ever." . . . Attorney Heater Gebelin Hacker of the Alliance Defense Fund, agrees with the ACLU's assessment, writing in a blog post that the park's decision may be in the running to win "the title of 'Most Unconstitutional Speech Zone Ever.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/08/county-limits-free-speech-to-3x3-space-in-woods/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/06/no-one-can-id-mastermind-of-schools-plot/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/06/no-one-can-id-mastermind-of-schools-plot/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 16:55:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102978 Courthouse News Service: The 9th Circuit seems likely to affirm dismissal of an action that claims Oregon State University administrators violated free speech by trying to eliminate a conservative student newspaper. Judges noted in oral arguments that the newspaper's executives could not pinpoint any particular administrator who engineered the alleged "unwritten policy." . . . Heather Gebelin Hacker, who represents The Liberty's publisher and editor, is an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative nonprofit that says it "fights to defend religious freedom, the sanctity of life, marriage, and the family." . . . At the very least, Hacker said, there is a reasonable inference that facilities head Vincent Martorello "had something to do with the policy" because he was in charge of the people who removed the bins. "This was not an action of a rogue groundskeeper that just decided one day to go and remove all these bins," Hacker said . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/06/no-one-can-id-mastermind-of-schools-plot/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/heather-gebelin-hacker-putting-the-%e2%80%9cmarketplace-of-ideas%e2%80%9d-into-action/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/heather-gebelin-hacker-putting-the-%e2%80%9cmarketplace-of-ideas%e2%80%9d-into-action/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:37:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99537 Speak Up University Blog: Students often lose their faith in college. This is concerning, both for Christian parents of college-aged children and for Christians in general. As an attorney with the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, I am often asked by parents what they should do about this. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/29/heather-gebelin-hacker-putting-the-%e2%80%9cmarketplace-of-ideas%e2%80%9d-into-action/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/heather-hacker-just-another-extremist-the-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/heather-hacker-just-another-extremist-the-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:25:05 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92175 Heather Gebelin Hacker writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "We know that 'civility codes' on college campuses are used to stifle speech (see, for example, the case of the College Republicans at San Francisco State University), which is why it is important to oppose them. (Ironically, they were also used by government officials to silence speech during the Civil Rights Movement. Many of the foundational free speech cases come from that era.) We must remember that simply because someone does not like what they hear does not mean the truth should not be spoken." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/19/heather-hacker-just-another-extremist-the-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/heather-hacker-2010-challenges-present-2011-opportunities-for-student-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/heather-hacker-2010-challenges-present-2011-opportunities-for-student-rights/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:26:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=91927 Heather Gebelin Hacker writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "At the beginning of a new year, there is a valuable opportunity for reflection on the past year and what it means for the future. While 2010 was certainly not without its major victories for free speech, it also suffered some challenges. Here’s a quick look back at developments in ADF’s academic freedom cases in 2010 and what they mean for 2011." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/18/heather-hacker-2010-challenges-present-2011-opportunities-for-student-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/heather-hacker-top-ten-new-years-resolutions-for-college-administrators/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/heather-hacker-top-ten-new-years-resolutions-for-college-administrators/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:01:44 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=90486 Heather Gebelin Hacker writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "Since this is still the first week of the new year, it’s not too late to make some New Year’s resolutions. Here are some suggestions for college administrators, based on what happened in 2010." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/07/heather-hacker-top-ten-new-years-resolutions-for-college-administrators/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/heather-gebelin-hacker-update-on-the-university-of-illinois-and-professor-kenneth-howell/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/heather-gebelin-hacker-update-on-the-university-of-illinois-and-professor-kenneth-howell/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:09:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66140 Heather Gebelin Hacker writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "Late Thursday, we received a letter from the University stating that they are 'suspending' the decision of his department chair pending review by the committee. While this is a nice step, this does not resolve the issue. It is meaningless for Professor Howell to retain his status as an adjunct professor without being able to teach any classes, and the committee’s review of the situation does not change the fact that Professor Howell was relieved of his previously scheduled teaching responsibilities because his instruction to students was deemed not to meet standards of 'inclusivity.' Save for that email, Professor Howell would still be teaching Introduction to Catholicism in the approaching semester. That is a violation of his constitutional rights, and we have indicated as much to the University in our response letter, sent today." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/21/heather-gebelin-hacker-update-on-the-university-of-illinois-and-professor-kenneth-howell/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/25/heather-gebelin-hacker-christian-legal-society-v-martinez-update/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/25/heather-gebelin-hacker-christian-legal-society-v-martinez-update/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:19:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64212 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/25/heather-gebelin-hacker-christian-legal-society-v-martinez-update/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/heather-gebelin-hacker-adf-appeals-case-against-oregon-state-university-officials-for-censorship-of-independent-student-newspaper/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/heather-gebelin-hacker-adf-appeals-case-against-oregon-state-university-officials-for-censorship-of-independent-student-newspaper/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:37:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63395 Heather Gebelin Hacker writing at Speak Up Movement / University: "Earlier this year, I posted about a new case we filed against Oregon State University officials because of their censorship of an independent student newspaper on campus. . . . The good news is that after being sued, the university finally relented, changed their policy, and allowed The Liberty to replace their distribution bins on campus, giving them access equal to the other student newspaper on campus. The bad news is that despite the fact that the paper’s distribution bins were banned from most areas of campus for nearly an entire year pursuant to OSU’s policy, the judge found that the students had suffered no constitutional harm and dismissed the case." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/18/heather-gebelin-hacker-adf-appeals-case-against-oregon-state-university-officials-for-censorship-of-independent-student-newspaper/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-over-free-speech-censorship-at-national-parks/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-over-free-speech-censorship-at-national-parks/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 15:17:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-over-free-speech-censorship-at-national-parks/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-over-free-speech-censorship-at-national-parks/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/oregon-judge-rules-in-favor-of-university-in-liberty-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/oregon-judge-rules-in-favor-of-university-in-liberty-lawsuit/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:06:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56818 Student Press Law Center: "Lawyers for The Liberty, an independent publication at Oregon State University, filed a motion for reconsideration after a judge ruled in favor of the university in a lawsuit filed by the paper . . . Though lawyers for the Liberty filed a motion for immediate relief, which would have required the university to allow the newspaper to again be distributed on campus, it was withdrawn after the university amended its fixed bin policy and allowed the paper to distribute again, said [Heather Gebelin Hacker], an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund representing the Liberty." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/26/oregon-judge-rules-in-favor-of-university-in-liberty-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/12/academic-freedom-file-interview-with-dr-jennifer-roback-morse/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/12/academic-freedom-file-interview-with-dr-jennifer-roback-morse/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:12 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=55236 ADF Attorney David Hacker writing at the Academic Freedom File: "A few weeks ago, Heather Hacker and I sat down with Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, President of the Ruth Institute, to talk about campus censorship. The podcast is now online and can be found here." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/12/academic-freedom-file-interview-with-dr-jennifer-roback-morse/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/about-heather-gebelin-hacker/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/about-heather-gebelin-hacker/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:15:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56053 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/about-heather-gebelin-hacker/feed/ 8 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/13/free-speech-impinged-at-osu/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/13/free-speech-impinged-at-osu/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:50:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=42183 Daily Vanguard: "The Students Alliance and The Liberty are seeking equal rights to speak on campus according to their attorney, Heather Gebelin Hacker of the Alliance Defense Fund . . . 'The defendants have been served and their answer to the complaint is due on Nov. 30,' said Katie Blechacz, media relations manager of the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/13/free-speech-impinged-at-osu/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/arizona-group-to-appeal-district-court%e2%80%99s-free-speech-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/arizona-group-to-appeal-district-court%e2%80%99s-free-speech-ruling/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=41154 The State Press: "The [Alliance Defense Fund] disagreed with the court’s decision because a college campus is a public forum for students, as the Supreme Court has ruled for many years, Hacker said. 'We believe that the court needs to address that issue of whether or not these forums are public forums because it has implications on how heavy-handed ASU can be in the future in regulating student speech,' Hacker said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/03/arizona-group-to-appeal-district-court%e2%80%99s-free-speech-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/audio-of-asu-students-for-life-v-crow-arguments-at-9th-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/audio-of-asu-students-for-life-v-crow-arguments-at-9th-circuit/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:50:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40008 Academic Freedom File: "The audio recording of Tuesday’s oral arguments in ASU Students for Life v. Crow can be found here. ADF Center for Academic Freedom attorney Heather Gebelin Hacker argued on behalf of ASU Students for Life. A decision is expected in several months." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/audio-of-asu-students-for-life-v-crow-arguments-at-9th-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/9th-circuit-judge-urges-settlement-in-campus-speech-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/9th-circuit-judge-urges-settlement-in-campus-speech-case/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:57:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39965 First Amendment Center: "'It sounds like you have achieved a victory,' Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, told Heather Gebelin Hacker, an Alliance Defense Fund attorney representing the student group. But Hacker said during arguments Oct. 20 at the University of Arizona law college that there’s no certainty that the university won’t change its policies again without a court ruling in favor of protection of free speech on campus. The trial court ruling being appealed went in favor of the university, Hacker noted." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/9th-circuit-judge-urges-settlement-in-campus-speech-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/want-your-constitutional-rights-get-insurance-first/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/want-your-constitutional-rights-get-insurance-first/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:21:43 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39894 OneNewsNow: "Pro-life students at Arizona State University have taken their First Amendment case before the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California . . . 'The case arose back in 2006 when the students had a "Justice for All" campaign come on their campus to present their exhibit,' [Heather Hacker] explains. 'And the university said they needed to have liability insurance, which the students ultimately ended up having to pay for in order to exercise their First Amendment rights.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/22/want-your-constitutional-rights-get-insurance-first/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/arizona-pro-lifers-take-asu-officials-to-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/arizona-pro-lifers-take-asu-officials-to-court/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:06:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39688 CitizenLink: "Heather Gebelin Hacker, litigation staff counsel for ADF, said pro-life students should not have a price tag placed on expression of their beliefs . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/21/arizona-pro-lifers-take-asu-officials-to-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/20/az-judge-suggests-pro-life-group-settle-case-with-asu/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/20/az-judge-suggests-pro-life-group-settle-case-with-asu/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:49:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39645 LifeNews: "Heather Gebelin Hacker, staff counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, presented oral arguments today in the case. Hacker said, 'Pro-life student groups shouldn't have a price tag placed upon expression of their beliefs. Forcing any student group to pay for insurance in order to exercise their right to free speech guaranteed under the First Amendment is unconstitutional.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/20/az-judge-suggests-pro-life-group-settle-case-with-asu/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/adf-attorney-available-for-media-interviews-tuesday-following-arguments-in-asu-pro-life-club-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/adf-attorney-available-for-media-interviews-tuesday-following-arguments-in-asu-pro-life-club-case/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:50:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39360 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/adf-attorney-available-for-media-interviews-tuesday-following-arguments-in-asu-pro-life-club-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/15/sandra-day-oconnor-to-exit-retirement-to-hear-arizona-pro-life-student-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/15/sandra-day-oconnor-to-exit-retirement-to-hear-arizona-pro-life-student-case/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:36:25 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39015 LifeNews: "Heather Gebelin Hacker, staff counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, will present oral arguments Oct. 20. Hacker said, 'Pro-life student groups shouldn’t have a price tag placed upon expression of their beliefs. Forcing any student group to pay for insurance in order to exercise their right to free speech guaranteed under the First Amendment is unconstitutional.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/15/sandra-day-oconnor-to-exit-retirement-to-hear-arizona-pro-life-student-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/13/oconnor-to-take-bench-again-will-hear-asu-pro-life-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/13/oconnor-to-take-bench-again-will-hear-asu-pro-life-case/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:44:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=38746 Arizona Capitol Times: "Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be hearing cases once more, sitting in for two days on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. One case involves a right-to-life group that operates at Arizona State University . . . [Heather Gebelin Hacker] said, 'Pro-life student groups shouldn’t have a price tag placed upon expression of their beliefs. Forcing any student group to pay for insurance in order to exercise their right to free speech guaranteed under the First Amendment is unconstitutional.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/13/oconnor-to-take-bench-again-will-hear-asu-pro-life-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/09/oregon-school-tosses-student-paper-out-with-the-garbage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/09/oregon-school-tosses-student-paper-out-with-the-garbage/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:02:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=38525 OneNewNow: "The Alliance Defense Fund is suing Oregon State University on behalf of the campus' Student Alliance. The Student Alliance publishes an independent paper, but the 2008 fall semester found their campus distribution bins missing. ADF attorney Heather Gebelin Hacker tells OneNewsNow students originally thought the bins were stolen and contacted the police." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/09/oregon-school-tosses-student-paper-out-with-the-garbage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/05/spokane-campus-pro-life-victory-brings-policy-change/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/05/spokane-campus-pro-life-victory-brings-policy-change/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:56:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=38020 OneNewsNow: "Free speech reigns supreme on the campus of Spokane Falls Community College in Washington . . . While the lawsuit was filed in March, the college only recently settled the case after agreeing to a court order to change its policy regarding free speech. Hacker says the original policy -- termed the 'Stop the Hate' policy -- was so broad that an event of any kind could be halted if one person felt offended." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/05/spokane-campus-pro-life-victory-brings-policy-change/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/02/conservative-student-newspaper-sues-osu-over-distribution-restrictions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/02/conservative-student-newspaper-sues-osu-over-distribution-restrictions/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:02:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37845 The Oregonian: "A conservative student group has accused leaders of Oregon State University in federal court of violating students' right to free speech by restricting distribution of a student-run newspaper on campus . . . 'In this case, it seems like these students have viewpoints that aren't favored by the university, and they are being treated differently because of that,' said Heather Gebelin Hacker, an attorney representing the student group for the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/02/conservative-student-newspaper-sues-osu-over-distribution-restrictions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/moonstruck-multiculturalism-at-st-louis-university/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/moonstruck-multiculturalism-at-st-louis-university/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:19:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37759 National Review Online, Phi Beta Cons: "St. Louis University’s silly decision to dis-invite David Horowitz to speak on campus has produced the very 'derision' that SLU said it was trying to avoid. We have a rare celestial alignment of the AAUP, NAS, John K. Wilson, and Erin O’Connor, among others, who agree that the SLU administrators have betrayed basic principles of academic freedom and plain good sense." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/moonstruck-multiculturalism-at-st-louis-university/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/stopping-hate-of-free-speech-settlement-in-sheeran-v-shea-et-al/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/stopping-hate-of-free-speech-settlement-in-sheeran-v-shea-et-al/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:46:29 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37748 writing at the ADF Center for Academic Freedom's Academic Freedom File blog: "The Sheeran settlement was a great outcome not just for pro-life students, but for every student at the Community Colleges of Spokane . . . CCS policies actually allowed administrators to require students hosting an outside speaker to present opposing points of view! In fact, that was an administrator’s initial response to Beth Sheeran’s request to hold her pro-life event—it was 'too one-sided' and since 'Washington is a pro-choice state,' they would also have to include pro-choice information . . . The victory does not come free from a sense of foreboding, however. These 'Stop The Hate'-type programs seem to have become vogue among administrator-types, and are cropping up at increasing numbers of schools." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/stopping-hate-of-free-speech-settlement-in-sheeran-v-shea-et-al/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/student-group-sues-oregon-state-university-in-federal-court-over-unfairness/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/student-group-sues-oregon-state-university-in-federal-court-over-unfairness/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:13:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37636 Gazette Times: "The Oregon State University student group that publishes The Liberty, a conservative-leaning journal, has sued OSU officials, arguing that the university has discriminated against the journal by arbitrarily limiting the opportunities for its distribution . . . [Executive Director of The Liberty] Will Rogers is being represented in the lawsuit by attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund, a national legal alliance founded in 1993 by prominent Christian leaders. One of those attorneys, Heather Hacker, said Wednesday that staff members of The Liberty 'just basically want to be treated like the Barometer . . . That's just basic fairness.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/01/student-group-sues-oregon-state-university-in-federal-court-over-unfairness/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/30/trashing-free-speech-oregon-state-univ-piles-student-paper%e2%80%99s-distribution-bins-next-to-dumpster/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/30/trashing-free-speech-oregon-state-univ-piles-student-paper%e2%80%99s-distribution-bins-next-to-dumpster/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:19:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37586 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/30/trashing-free-speech-oregon-state-univ-piles-student-paper%e2%80%99s-distribution-bins-next-to-dumpster/feed/ 2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/29/spokane-community-colleges-settle-lawsuit-over-discrimination-against-pro-lifers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/29/spokane-community-colleges-settle-lawsuit-over-discrimination-against-pro-lifers/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:08:37 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=37380 LifeNews: "Community Colleges of Spokane and Spokane Falls Community College officials agreed to a court order Thursday that settles a lawsuit filed after they attempted to unconstitutionally silence the pro-life message of a student group. 'Christian pro-life students shouldn't be silenced, discriminated against, and threatened with expulsion for attempting to share their beliefs on public college campuses,' Litigation Staff Counsel Heather Gebelin Hacker said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/29/spokane-community-colleges-settle-lawsuit-over-discrimination-against-pro-lifers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/david-french-did-the-harvard-law-review-just-get-a-black-eye/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/david-french-did-the-harvard-law-review-just-get-a-black-eye/#comments Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:35:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36726 ADF Center for Academic Freedom, writing at National Review's Phi Beta Cons blog: "Over the past several weeks, defenders of academic freedom have been in an uproar over Harvard Law Review's unsigned student comment defending speech codes and criticizing the Third Circuit's landmark decision in DeJohn v. Temple University." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/22/david-french-did-the-harvard-law-review-just-get-a-black-eye/feed/ 3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/12/ucla-allows-student-to-thank-jesus-in-graduation-statement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/12/ucla-allows-student-to-thank-jesus-in-graduation-statement/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:19:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26842 Christian Examiner: "'Christian students shouldn’t be silenced when expressing their beliefs at public universities and are entitled to the same rights as all other students,' said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Heather Gebelin Hacker. 'We are pleased that UCLA officials understand that denying religious liberty to students is a violation of the First Amendment, not a requirement of it. A personal statement at a graduation ceremony is exactly that—personal—and in no way signifies an endorsement of religion by the school. We commend UCLA for acting quickly to protect Ms. Popa’s constitutional rights.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/12/ucla-allows-student-to-thank-jesus-in-graduation-statement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/ucla-will-allow-graduate-to-mention-jesus/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/ucla-will-allow-graduate-to-mention-jesus/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:19:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26672 CitizenLink: "'Christian students are entitled to the same rights as all other students,' said Heather Gebelin Hacker, litigation staff counsel for ADF. 'We are pleased that UCLA officials understand that denying religious liberty to students is a violation of the First Amendment. We commend UCLA for acting quickly to protect Ms. Popa’s constitutional rights.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/ucla-will-allow-graduate-to-mention-jesus/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/ucla-flip-flops-says-student-can-thank-jesus-after-all/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/ucla-flip-flops-says-student-can-thank-jesus-after-all/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:56:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26607 LifeSiteNews: Christian students shouldn’t be silenced when expressing their beliefs at public universities and are entitled to the same rights as all other students,” said ADF Litigation Staff Counsel Heather Gebelin Hacker. Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom had urged officials in a letter Friday afternoon to refrain from violating her free speech rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/ucla-flip-flops-says-student-can-thank-jesus-after-all/feed/ 0