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/2012/04/27/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-hawaii-marriage-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-hawaii-marriage-case/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:41:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132327 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/adf-attorneys-available-to-media-after-hearing-in-hawaii-marriage-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/hawaii-marriage-amendment-under-attack/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/hawaii-marriage-amendment-under-attack/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:42:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128218 Citizen Link: “Society should protect and strengthen marriage, not undermine it as this lawsuit clearly seeks to do,” said ADF Litigation Counsel Holly Carmichael. “Anyone who believes so-called civil unions will preserve marriage need only look at this lawsuit and countless others. Civil unions are a Trojan horse used by activists to undermine marriage, not protect it. Hawaii’s marriage statute and constitutional amendment uphold marriage, and we are seeking to give those protections an adequate defense.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/12/hawaii-marriage-amendment-under-attack/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/hawaii-lawsuit-shows-civil-unions-help-redefine-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/hawaii-lawsuit-shows-civil-unions-help-redefine-marriage/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:02:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127862 CNA: A Hawaiian lawsuit asking a federal court to instate “gay marriage” shows that the recognition of same-sex domestic partnerships and civil unions is just a stepping stone to redefining marriage, several critics say. (ADF Attorney Holly Carmichael and ADF Allied Attorney Jim Hochberg quoted at length) ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/07/hawaii-lawsuit-shows-civil-unions-help-redefine-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/26/anchorage-anti-bias-measure-faces-opposition-washington-blade/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/26/anchorage-anti-bias-measure-faces-opposition-washington-blade/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:48:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124099 Washington Blade - "America's Leading Gay News Source": The Anchorage Daily News reports that the Arizona-based Alliance Defense Fund, which has intervened in pro-LGBT ballot measures across the country for many years, has begun weighing in on the measure. “The ultimate concern with enacting something like that is that it infringes on religious freedoms,” said ADF lawyer Holly Carmichael. “There’s a huge constitutional concern here.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/26/anchorage-anti-bias-measure-faces-opposition-washington-blade/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/national-group-joins-fight-over-gay-rights-anti-discrimination-ordinance-anchorage-daily-news/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/national-group-joins-fight-over-gay-rights-anti-discrimination-ordinance-anchorage-daily-news/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:55:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123727 Anchorage Daily News: The main problem as the Alliance Defense Fund sees it is that private business owners could be forced to hire or do business with people whose sexual orientation doesn't match their religious beliefs, said Holly Carmichael, a lawyer for the fund. "The ultimate concern with enacting something like that is that it infringes on religious freedoms," Carmichael said. "There's a huge constitutional concern here." [more . . . ] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/23/national-group-joins-fight-over-gay-rights-anti-discrimination-ordinance-anchorage-daily-news/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/holly-carmichael-should-we-be-happy-that-nobodys-dead/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/holly-carmichael-should-we-be-happy-that-nobodys-dead/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:49:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118655 Townhall: "Despite the pain of absence or loss, the void left by a missing parent serves a valuable purpose: it drives us to seek something we know is missing. In other words, the fatherless know they are missing something, and that can motivate them to seek strong and healthy father and husband roles and replacements. The void gives them a model to work toward. Pretending there is no void only perpetuates the harm." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/15/holly-carmichael-should-we-be-happy-that-nobodys-dead/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/who-has-the-right-christian-town-clerk-shirks-role-over-gay-marriage-licenses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/who-has-the-right-christian-town-clerk-shirks-role-over-gay-marriage-licenses/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:41:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=115037 Christian Post: "When you enforce the laws of the state, you don’t get to pick and choose," Cuomo said, adding that those who disobey the law would be charged with a misdemeanor. Belforti's lawyers have a different point of view. "That's a hard statement to reconcile with New York’s Human Rights laws, which protect religious freedom," said Holly Carmichael, a lawyer with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a conservative Christian advocacy group, who is working with Belforti. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/30/who-has-the-right-christian-town-clerk-shirks-role-over-gay-marriage-licenses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/same-sex-couple-files-discrimination-suit-against-owners-of-vermont-inn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/same-sex-couple-files-discrimination-suit-against-owners-of-vermont-inn/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:09:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111360 The Rhode Island Catholic: The O’Reillys and the inn are being represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based legal organization. Holly Carmichael, an attorney for ADF, said that similar discrimination complaints are being filed in states that allow same-sex marriage or civil unions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/same-sex-couple-files-discrimination-suit-against-owners-of-vermont-inn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/in-court-obama-house-attorneys-differ-over-whether-kids-need-a-mom-dad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/in-court-obama-house-attorneys-differ-over-whether-kids-need-a-mom-dad/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:44:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110421 Baptist Press: "They are doing an outstanding job," Holly Carmichael, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, which supports DOMA, told Baptist Press. "They are drawing from the same main argument that the Department of Justice used to make -- responsible procreation, having a mom and a dad, is the best model for children. Those are really the reasons the House enacted DOMA." [more] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/in-court-obama-house-attorneys-differ-over-whether-kids-need-a-mom-dad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/n-y-workers-seek-freedom-of-religious-convictions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/n-y-workers-seek-freedom-of-religious-convictions/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:35:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109437 WORLDmag.com: Holly Carmichael, of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), said New York’s same-sex marriage law “conflicts with fundamental American religious freedoms.” According to the ADF, the law also conflicts with New York’s Human Rights law and Domestic Relations law, which protect workers from acting in conflict with their sincerely held religious beliefs. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/29/n-y-workers-seek-freedom-of-religious-convictions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/conflct-in-ny-religious-beliefs-gay-agenda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/conflct-in-ny-religious-beliefs-gay-agenda/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:38:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108998 OneNewsNow.com: “Even though the same-sex marriage law doesn't provide adequate protection, other laws in New York echo what their highest court has said and requires these religious accommodations for people who are caught between their beliefs and what their employer is asking them to do,” says Carmichael. [more . . . ] ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/25/conflct-in-ny-religious-beliefs-gay-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/opponents-say-fight-against-gay-weddings-in-ny-has-only-just-begun-legal-challenges-expected/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/opponents-say-fight-against-gay-weddings-in-ny-has-only-just-begun-legal-challenges-expected/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:33:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108550 Greenfield Reporter (AP): "It's a very well-founded concern," said Holly Carmichael of the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona-based firm that presses faith-based cases in court nationwide. "It conflicts with fundamental American religious freedoms." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/20/opponents-say-fight-against-gay-weddings-in-ny-has-only-just-begun-legal-challenges-expected/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/17/about-holly-carmichael/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/17/about-holly-carmichael/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 09:55:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108380 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/17/about-holly-carmichael/feed/ 1