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/2011/06/21/police-protect-gay-pride-rallies-across-balkans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/21/police-protect-gay-pride-rallies-across-balkans/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:52:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106924 NPR: Gays and lesbians marched in several Eastern European capitals Saturday protected by hundreds of riot police after some extremist groups urged members to stop the Gay Pride rallies. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/21/police-protect-gay-pride-rallies-across-balkans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/croatia-137-arrests-eight-people-injuredm-during-gay-parade-in-split/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/croatia-137-arrests-eight-people-injuredm-during-gay-parade-in-split/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:23:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106164 EMG.rs: The police arrested 137 people, including 25 underage protesters who caused incidents during the first gay pride parade in the biggest Croatian coastal city of Split on Saturday. Eight persons were injured in violence, the Split police said at a news conference on Saturday evening. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/13/croatia-137-arrests-eight-people-injuredm-during-gay-parade-in-split/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/25/croatia-lesbians-attempt-to-silence-catholic-teacher/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/25/croatia-lesbians-attempt-to-silence-catholic-teacher/#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:36:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=99176 Intoleranceagainstchristians.eu: Jelena Coric Mudrovčić, Catholic catechism teacher in the primary school in Zagreb has been accused of saying that “homosexuals are sick” during a lesson on catechism in 2009. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/25/croatia-lesbians-attempt-to-silence-catholic-teacher/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/croatian-catholics-protest-christianophobia-religion-teacher-sued-for-comments-on-homosexuality/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/croatian-catholics-protest-christianophobia-religion-teacher-sued-for-comments-on-homosexuality/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:15:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98527 Zenit: The lesbian group, Kontra, filed a lawsuit against Jelena Mudrovcic for allegedly stating that "homosexuality is a sickness." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/18/croatian-catholics-protest-christianophobia-religion-teacher-sued-for-comments-on-homosexuality/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/11/croatian-socialist-wins-presidential-election/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/11/croatian-socialist-wins-presidential-election/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:48:22 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=47762 EurActiv: "Opposition Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic convincingly won the presidential election yesterday (10 January), promising to help the government's efforts to complete European Union membership talks and join the bloc in 2012." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/11/croatian-socialist-wins-presidential-election/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/05/meps-blast-croatia-catholic-church-meddling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/05/meps-blast-croatia-catholic-church-meddling/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:04:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=41489 Euractiv.com: "Members of the European Parliament voiced strong warnings yesterday (4 November) against increased meddling by the Croat Catholic church in the country's internal and external affairs." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/11/05/meps-blast-croatia-catholic-church-meddling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/conservatism-reigns-in-croatia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/conservatism-reigns-in-croatia/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:18:13 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34544 OneNewsNow: "Abstinence education is celebrating a legal victory in Croatia . . . 'So the potential of this case was to completely liberalize sexual education throughout Europe,' [Roger Kiska] explains." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/28/conservatism-reigns-in-croatia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/croatia%e2%80%99s-strict-sex-education-gets-green-light/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/croatia%e2%80%99s-strict-sex-education-gets-green-light/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:27:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34257 EurActiv: A pro-abstinence sex education programme used in many Croatian schools is legally acceptable, the European Committee for Social Rights (ECSR) has found . . . Hailing the decision, Roger Kiska, a legal counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund, an alliance of Christian attorneys, said 'we are pleased that the European Committee for Social Rights has upheld the right for parents to choose an option that does not violate [their] core religious and moral beliefs.' 'Parents should be the ones responsible for making educational choices for their children – not leftist activist groups,' added Kiska, who represented the organisation which drafted Croatia's curriculum in the case." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/croatia%e2%80%99s-strict-sex-education-gets-green-light/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/european-committee-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/european-committee-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:26:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34255 LifeSiteNews: "The body that polices compliance with the European Social Charter, a human rights document binding on all states within the Council of Europe, has deemed a pro-abstinence sex education program used in many Croatian schools to be acceptable. Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Roger Kiska represented the organization that produced the curriculum, which provided his briefs to the government of Croatia to aid in its defense of the program, preferred by the vast majority of Croatian families over a radically leftist option. 'Parents should be the ones responsible for making educational choices for their children - not leftist activist groups,' said Kriska. 'We are pleased that the European Committee for Social Rights has upheld the right for parents to choose an option that does not violate the core religious and moral beliefs of these families.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/european-committee-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/european-committee-for-social-rights-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/european-committee-for-social-rights-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:48:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34114 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/european-committee-for-social-rights-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/18/croatia-atheist-posters-may-soon-appear-on-zagreb-trams/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/18/croatia-atheist-posters-may-soon-appear-on-zagreb-trams/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:59:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=33443 Croatian Times: "Posters with the atheist slogan 'No God, No Master' may be put on Zagreb trams in September." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/18/croatia-atheist-posters-may-soon-appear-on-zagreb-trams/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/14/croatian-president-criticizes-catholic-church/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/14/croatian-president-criticizes-catholic-church/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:14:14 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=33141 Balkan Insight: "President Stjepan Mesic has hit out at the role of the Catholic Church in Croatia, claiming that it benefits from its privileged role in society, broadcaster B92 reports." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/14/croatian-president-criticizes-catholic-church/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/15/sunday-shopping-banned-in-croatia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/15/sunday-shopping-banned-in-croatia/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:21:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=5896 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/15/sunday-shopping-banned-in-croatia/feed/ 0