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/2011/02/16/prep-work-on-shreveport-site-for-louisiana-college-law-school-could-top-10-million/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/prep-work-on-shreveport-site-for-louisiana-college-law-school-could-top-10-million/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:58:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95618 TheTownTalk.com: "The event also featured the introduction of the law school's dean, J. Michael Johnson, a Shreveport native who was senior legal counsel for the conservative Alliance Defense Fund. A call seeking comment from Johnson was not returned Tuesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/16/prep-work-on-shreveport-site-for-louisiana-college-law-school-could-top-10-million/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/caddo-republican-party-to-have-luncheon-today/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/caddo-republican-party-to-have-luncheon-today/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:49:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74947 Shreveport Times: "Michael Johnson, lead attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, will be the guest speaker. A question and answer session will follow Johnson's talk." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/caddo-republican-party-to-have-luncheon-today/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/la-college-officials-say-law-school-will-adhere-to-religious-principles/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/la-college-officials-say-law-school-will-adhere-to-religious-principles/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:11:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72817 The Town Talk: "The Sept. 1 conference, attended by more than 100, also introduced the law dean, 38-year-old J. Michael Johnson. Johnson's resume is stacked with conservative credentials, among them: he lectures at constitutional law seminars; he's written pro-life legislation for state governments; he was national media spokesman and senior lawyer for the Alliance Defense Fund, which Congressman John Fleming called the 'anti-ACLU' at the conference." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/20/la-college-officials-say-law-school-will-adhere-to-religious-principles/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/founding-dean-to-speak-at-forum/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/founding-dean-to-speak-at-forum/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:06:46 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71954 The Town Talk: "Louisiana College's Division of History and Political Science will hold its Constitution Day Forum on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Granberry Conference Center. This year's speaker is J. Michael Johnson, founding dean of the Louisiana College Judge Paul Pressler School of Law. Before accepting the position, Johnson served as senior legal counsel and national media spokesman for the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), the nation's largest legal alliance of more than 1,700 attorneys and 300 organizations defending religious liberty." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/founding-dean-to-speak-at-forum/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/louisiana-college-announces-final-opening-plans-for-shreveport-law-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/louisiana-college-announces-final-opening-plans-for-shreveport-law-school/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:41:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69047 Shreveport Small Business Marketing Examiner: "Among other announcements in an article from TheDailyYou.com is the appointment of J. Michael Johnson, Esq., as Founding Dean . . . Mr. Johnson is a nationally recognized constitutional law attorney who most recently served as Senior Legal Counsel, Allied Attorney Coach and national media spokesman for the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/17/louisiana-college-announces-final-opening-plans-for-shreveport-law-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:25:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68275 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school-to-be-located-in-shreveport-louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school-to-be-located-in-shreveport/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school-to-be-located-in-shreveport-louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school-to-be-located-in-shreveport/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:17:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68264 The Daily You: "The Louisiana College Board of Trustees has voted unanimously to name Shreveport attorney, J. Michael Johnson, Esq., as the Founding Dean of its law school. Mr. Johnson is a nationally recognized constitutional law attorney who most recently served as Senior Legal Counsel, Allied Attorney Coach and national media spokesman for the Alliance Defense Fund. 'Mike brings a wealth of energy, experience and expertise to the post of Dean, and the College is delighted that he agreed to accept this post,' said Aguillard." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/11/louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school-to-be-located-in-shreveport-louisiana-college-announces-new-law-school-to-be-located-in-shreveport/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/aclu-wants-ruling-intact/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/aclu-wants-ruling-intact/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:53:44 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64476 Winston Salem-Journal: "The American Civil Liberties Union filed legal papers yesterday urging that a U.S. District Court judge's ruling that bans sectarian prayer before the start of county government meetings be upheld. ... 'We're not surprised by any of the arguments that have been presented,' said [Mike Johnson], a lawyer with the Alliance Defense Fund and the county's lead attorney. 'We remain very confident in our case.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/29/aclu-wants-ruling-intact/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/mike-johnson-on-the-frank-pastore-show-az-tuition-tax-credit-case-and-idaho-censors-the-great-works-of-western-civilization-in-public-charter-schools/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/mike-johnson-on-the-frank-pastore-show-az-tuition-tax-credit-case-and-idaho-censors-the-great-works-of-western-civilization-in-public-charter-schools/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 17:47:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/mike-johnson-on-the-frank-pastore-show-az-tuition-tax-credit-case-and-idaho-censors-the-great-works-of-western-civilization-in-public-charter-schools/ Mike Johnson appeared on the Frank Pastore Show to discuss the AZ tuition tax credit case and Idaho's censorship of the Great Works of Western Civilization in public charter schools. | MP3 - 20:47 mins | ADF Media information in the AZ case | ADF Media information in the Idaho case ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/mike-johnson-on-the-frank-pastore-show-az-tuition-tax-credit-case-and-idaho-censors-the-great-works-of-western-civilization-in-public-charter-schools/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/20/forsyth-countys-lawyers-file-paperwork-in-appeal-of-federal-judges-injunction-on-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/20/forsyth-countys-lawyers-file-paperwork-in-appeal-of-federal-judges-injunction-on-prayer/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 16:47:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=61190 Winston-Salem Journal: "Attorneys for the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners are arguing that a lower federal court erred when it banned the saying of sectarian prayers at the start of the board's meetings . . . 'There is no previous federal court in America that has determined that all sectarian references are unconstitutional,' said [Mike Johnson], an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian organization active in church-state issues. The fund is paying the county's costs to litigate the case." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/20/forsyth-countys-lawyers-file-paperwork-in-appeal-of-federal-judges-injunction-on-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/07/tx-jpl-scientist-gives-keynote-speech-at-mayors-prayer-breakfast/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/07/tx-jpl-scientist-gives-keynote-speech-at-mayors-prayer-breakfast/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 16:31:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60162 Pasadena Star-News: "Usually fairly subdued, the event, along with the city's Day of Prayer at the Rose Bowl, triggered some concern among city officials this year, following a U.S. District Court judge's ruling in Wisconsin last month that the National Day of Prayer violates the constitutional separation of church and state. That prompted Mayor Bill Bogaard to write to the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), which provides legal defense and advocacy for religious causes, to make sure the breakfast and prayer day could be held legally. 'You can be confident that your participation in and acknowledgment of the National Day of Prayer are constitutionally protected activities,' wrote ADF attorney [J. Michael Johnson] in an April 30 response." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/07/tx-jpl-scientist-gives-keynote-speech-at-mayors-prayer-breakfast/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/07/mo-area-people-pray-for-cities-country/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/07/mo-area-people-pray-for-cities-country/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 16:17:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60149 The Joplin Globe: "Groups gathered Thursday at the Dr. Donald E. Clark Public Safety and Justice Center in Joplin and at the Praying Hands Monument in Webb City to celebrate the National Day of Prayer by praying for their cities and country . . . 'Public officials should be able to participate in public prayer activities just as America’s founders did, and a recent federal judge’s ruling does not prevent America’s cities from lawfully observing the National Day of Prayer,' ADF senior legal counsel [Mike Johnson] said in a statement." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/07/mo-area-people-pray-for-cities-country/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/judges-ruling-wont-stifle-day-of-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/judges-ruling-wont-stifle-day-of-prayer/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 17:07:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60042 Sioux City Journal: "The ruling can't take effect until all appeals are exhausted, but organizers of the local National Day of Prayer event say it only makes tonight's gathering in Sioux City more meaningful . . . 'Public officials should be able to participate in public prayer activities just as America's founders did, and a recent federal judge's ruling does not prevent America's cities from lawfully observing the National Day of Prayer,' ADF Senior Legal Counsel [Mike Johnson] said in a statement." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/judges-ruling-wont-stifle-day-of-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/hanging-a-bulls-eye-on-christian-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/hanging-a-bulls-eye-on-christian-prayer/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 16:43:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60035 WorldNetDaily: "There's a bull's-eye being hung on Christian prayer right now, and one of the attorneys who wages war for the right of Americans to express their faith publicly says on this 2010 National Day of Prayer it's because of a national atmosphere that encourages atheists to make their demands. 'The radical secular, militant atheists are feeling empowered right now,' [Mike Johnson], senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund told WND. The ADF is one of the premiere organizations that fights for civil and religious rights in the United States and is made up of thousands of lawyers who take on cases as they develop." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/06/hanging-a-bulls-eye-on-christian-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/day-of-prayer-becomes-culture-war-skirmish/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/day-of-prayer-becomes-culture-war-skirmish/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 16:52:47 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59901 Vermont Public Radio: "Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative legal group, is sending out letters to mayors and governors saying that the day of prayer is constitutional. ADF attorney Michael Johnson believes the decision will be overturned, especially if it gets to the U.S. Supreme Court. 'Their whole case is premised upon the idea that just because they claim to be offended by it, they should be able to challenge the National Day of Prayer statute and have it struck down,' he says. 'We disagree with that. The First Amendment simply doesn't provide any of us with a right not to be offended.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/05/day-of-prayer-becomes-culture-war-skirmish/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/mike-johnson-on-the-zeb-bell-show-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/mike-johnson-on-the-zeb-bell-show-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 17:32:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/mike-johnson-on-the-zeb-bell-show-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/ Mike Johnson appeared on the Zeb Bell Show to discuss the National Day of Prayer litigation. | The MP3 runs just under 17 minutes. | Related ADF resources. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/mike-johnson-on-the-zeb-bell-show-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/mike-johnson-on-grassroots-america-the-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/mike-johnson-on-grassroots-america-the-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:32:26 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/mike-johnson-on-grassroots-america-the-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/ Mike Johnson on Grassroots America hosted by George Stephenson to discuss the National Day of Prayer litigation. The MP3 runs approximately 24 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/28/mike-johnson-on-grassroots-america-the-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/letter-asks-city-officials-to-observe-the-national-day-of-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/letter-asks-city-officials-to-observe-the-national-day-of-prayer/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:58:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=59026 CitizenLink: "[Mike Johnson], an attorney with ADF, said letters to city officials were designed to allay any fears. 'Local observances of the National Day of Prayer are both lawful and appropriate, particularly since the event simply provides an opportunity for all Americans to pray voluntarily according to their own faith.'" | ADF News Release ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/27/letter-asks-city-officials-to-observe-the-national-day-of-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/atheists-religious-groups-lobby-on-day-of-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/atheists-religious-groups-lobby-on-day-of-prayer/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:37:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58869 Associated Press: "The ruling can't take effect until all appeals are exhausted, but that's not stopping atheists and prayer advocates from firing off letters, e-mails and even planning to put up billboards to convince state and local leaders across the country to see things their way . . . 'Public officials should be able to participate in public prayer activities just as America's founders did, and a recent federal judge's ruling does not prevent America's cities from lawfully observing the National Day of Prayer,' ADF Senior Legal Counsel [Mike Johnson] said in a statement." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/26/atheists-religious-groups-lobby-on-day-of-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/legal-skirmish-colors-national-day-of-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/legal-skirmish-colors-national-day-of-prayer/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:30:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58782 Pew Forum (RNS): "On Thursday (April 22), the Justice Department said it would appeal the decision, capping a week of political uproar from conservatives after Judge Barbara Crabb of Madison, Wis., issued her April 15 ruling. The Alliance Defense Fund . . . has sent an update to mayors saying Crabb's ruling "should not disrupt your local observance" of the prayer day . . . 'I think observances like this can and will continue, but it would be a real shame if the government couldn't acknowledge the importance of it,' [ADF Attorney Mike Johnson] said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/legal-skirmish-colors-national-day-of-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/mike-johnson-on-a-call-to-decision-the-battle-for-religious-freedom-is-urgent/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/mike-johnson-on-a-call-to-decision-the-battle-for-religious-freedom-is-urgent/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:12:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/mike-johnson-on-a-call-to-decision-the-battle-for-religious-freedom-is-urgent/ Mike Johnson appeared on a "A Call to Decision" with Pastor Butch Paugh to discuss various battles for Religious Freedom in our nation. | The MP3 runs just over 38 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/mike-johnson-on-a-call-to-decision-the-battle-for-religious-freedom-is-urgent/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/mike-johnson-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/mike-johnson-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:02:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/mike-johnson-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/ Mike Johnson appeared on the Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss the National Day of Prayer ruling. | The MP3 runs just over 5 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/23/mike-johnson-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/adf-reassures-nation%e2%80%99s-mayors-that-observing-2010-national-day-of-prayer-is-constitutional/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/adf-reassures-nation%e2%80%99s-mayors-that-observing-2010-national-day-of-prayer-is-constitutional/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:16:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/adf-reassures-nation%e2%80%99s-mayors-that-observing-2010-national-day-of-prayer-is-constitutional/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/adf-reassures-nation%e2%80%99s-mayors-that-observing-2010-national-day-of-prayer-is-constitutional/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/mike-johnson-on-the-michael-medved-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/mike-johnson-on-the-michael-medved-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:38:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/mike-johnson-on-the-michael-medved-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/ Mike Johnson appeared on the Michael Medved Show to discuss the court ruling holding that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. | The MP3 runs approximately 33 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/mike-johnson-on-the-michael-medved-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/mike-johnson-on-roland-lettner-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/mike-johnson-on-roland-lettner-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:05:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/mike-johnson-on-roland-lettner-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/ Mike Johnson appeared on the radio with Roland Letner to discuss the recent court decision holding that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional. The MP3 runs approximately 23 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/20/mike-johnson-on-roland-lettner-national-day-of-prayer-litigation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/mike-johnson-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/mike-johnson-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:50:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/mike-johnson-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/ Mike Johnson appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss yesterday's National Day of Prayer ruling. Click "National Day of Prayer" or case name tag below for related posts. The MP3 runs approximately 13 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/16/mike-johnson-on-the-janet-mefferd-show-the-national-day-of-prayer-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/03/tn-fighting-for-prayer-in-sevier/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/03/tn-fighting-for-prayer-in-sevier/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:55:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=54118 Knoxville News Sentinel: "[Mayor Larry] Waters received a letter dated Feb. 17 from AU that said two complaints had been filed about Sevier County: first, the Lord's Prayer is recited, and second, that a 'religious poster' (the Ten Commandments) is displayed in the County Commission meeting room . . . 'It's amazing that, in a country founded on religious liberty, the centuries-old choice to open a public meeting with a prayer of the giver's choosing is coming under attack,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Mike Johnson in a 2007 news release." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/03/tn-fighting-for-prayer-in-sevier/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/nc-firm-offered-to-take-prayer-appeal-for-free/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/nc-firm-offered-to-take-prayer-appeal-for-free/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:14:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53682 Winston-Salem Journal: "Local attorneys in the law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton offered to take over the county's defense of its prayer suit for free, just days before last week's vote by the Forsyth County Board of Commissions to appeal the case to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals . . . The result [of the vote] was a 4-3 vote . . . to appeal and have the Alliance Defense Fund continue to represent the county . . . Mike Johnson, one of the ADF attorneys representing the county, said that no firm knows the law in the area of prayer as well as his does. 'We are a giant organization with 1,600 lawyers, and we do these kinds of cases all across the country,' Johnson said, claiming an '82 percent winning percentage' on cases that the ADF chooses to litigate." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/nc-firm-offered-to-take-prayer-appeal-for-free/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/nc-ruling-against-prayer-appealed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/nc-ruling-against-prayer-appealed/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:42:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53676 OneNewsNow: "'The federal district court here got it wrong and declared that you can never have a sectarian reference effectively in a public prayer or a prayer before a legislative session, and that's just clearly wrong,' [ADF Attorney Mike Johnson] contends. 'It's in defiance of Supreme Court precedent and some other case law.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/nc-ruling-against-prayer-appealed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/adf-files-appeal-of-ruling-barring-prayer-before-forsyth-county-board-meetings/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/adf-files-appeal-of-ruling-barring-prayer-before-forsyth-county-board-meetings/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:05:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53382 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/adf-files-appeal-of-ruling-barring-prayer-before-forsyth-county-board-meetings/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/appeal-filed-in-forsyth-prayer-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/appeal-filed-in-forsyth-prayer-ruling/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:28:12 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53293 FOX 8: "The Alliance Defense Fund, a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and organizations that is representing the county, filed the appeal electronically Wednesday night . . . Mike Johnson, an attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund, said he expects it to take several months before a date for oral arguments in the case to be set." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/25/appeal-filed-in-forsyth-prayer-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/video-hundreds-turn-out-to-support-prayer-at-forsythe-commission-meeting/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/video-hundreds-turn-out-to-support-prayer-at-forsythe-commission-meeting/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:56:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53094 this MP4 that runs just over 2 minutes. ADF attorney Mike Johnson appears in the video. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/23/video-hundreds-turn-out-to-support-prayer-at-forsythe-commission-meeting/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/12/mike-johnson-on-truth-talk-live-the-aclu-attack-on-forsythe-county-prayers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/12/mike-johnson-on-truth-talk-live-the-aclu-attack-on-forsythe-county-prayers/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:18:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51855 Truth Talk Live with Stuart Epperson, Jr. (Facebook) to discuss the ACLU attack on prayers in Forsythe County, NC. The MP3 runs just over 40 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/12/mike-johnson-on-truth-talk-live-the-aclu-attack-on-forsythe-county-prayers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/11/nc-moment-of-silence-replaces-prayer/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/11/nc-moment-of-silence-replaces-prayer/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:50:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51706 OneNewsNow: "That allotted time at commissioners meetings will now be devoted to a moment of silence instead of prayer. Mike Johnson of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is handling the case and cites the federal court's ruling. 'Any reference to a sectarian deity, specifically a reference to Jesus, in a public invocation is somehow inherently unconstitutional,' he reports." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/11/nc-moment-of-silence-replaces-prayer/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/08/new-ca-bill-protects-pastors-could-legalize-homosexual-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/08/new-ca-bill-protects-pastors-could-legalize-homosexual-marriage/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:12:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51208 Black Christian News: "'This deceptively-named bill is another attempt to confine the liberty argument to a very narrow area. ADF has religious liberty concerns that are far wider,' Johnson told Baptist Press. 'Leno's bill is a Trojan horse that does nothing to protect religious institutions or other agencies of the church from being forced to violate their religious beliefs. In fact, it further restricts church liberty and independence by giving the government greater power to define the church and its mission.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/08/new-ca-bill-protects-pastors-could-legalize-homosexual-marriage/feed/ 0