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/georgia-azerbaijan-restore-full-monastery-access/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/georgia-azerbaijan-restore-full-monastery-access/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 16:23:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134180 AP: Pilgrims to one of former Soviet Georgia's most renowned monasteries, part of which lies in Azerbaijan, are again able to visit the entire complex after an agreement between the countries' border police. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/georgia-azerbaijan-restore-full-monastery-access/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/vancover-sun-christian-activists-attack-georgia-gay-pride-parade/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/vancover-sun-christian-activists-attack-georgia-gay-pride-parade/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 21:15:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134023 Vancouver Sun: Christian activists led by Orthodox priests halted a rare attempt to stage a small gay pride march in ex-Soviet Georgia on Thursday, attacking participants and smashing their placards. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/vancover-sun-christian-activists-attack-georgia-gay-pride-parade/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/georgia-grants-catholic-church-legal-status/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/georgia-grants-catholic-church-legal-status/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:40:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111863 Catholic Culture: Georgia--the former Soviet republic located between Russia and Turkey--has granted juridical status to the Catholic Church and other ecclesial communities “that have close historical ties with Georgia or that have become lawfully recognized as religions in member states of the Council of Europe.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/25/georgia-grants-catholic-church-legal-status/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/georgian-church-leader-calls-for-peace-with-russia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/georgian-church-leader-calls-for-peace-with-russia/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:18:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109254 AP: On a visit to Kiev on Thursday, the head of the Georgian Orthodox Church Catholicos Ilya II asked Russian Patriarch Kirill to "restore friendship and brotherhood between our people." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/28/georgian-church-leader-calls-for-peace-with-russia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/armenian-apostolic-church-will-not-get-status-in-georgia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/armenian-apostolic-church-will-not-get-status-in-georgia/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:04:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=82452 Armenia News: "Armenian Apostolic Church will not get status in Georgia. 'We will not give status to Etchmiadzin,' Yelena Tevdoradze, Georgian Deputy Minister of Reintegration, said in the course of 'Armenian society in Tbilisi: problems and prospects' conference." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/11/16/armenian-apostolic-church-will-not-get-status-in-georgia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/school-choice-in-the-republic-of-georgia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/school-choice-in-the-republic-of-georgia/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:02:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64906 writing at Education Week: "I've just spent the better part of three weeks lending a hand to school reform efforts in the Republic of Georgia. ... Saakashvili and his libertarian-leaning allies took school choice seriously when they waded into education policy. They weren't kidding around, drafting a law guaranteed to bring smiles to my friends at the Cato Institute. The 2005 law on general education, as enacted by parliament, declared, 'The state shall protect freedom of educational choice of a pupil and a parent...The state shall finance education of a pupil from the central budget by a voucher [and] every parent has a right to get a voucher for financing the education of a child who reaches school age.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/01/school-choice-in-the-republic-of-georgia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/19/georgia-gay-lobbyist-sues-journalist-at-media-council/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/19/georgia-gay-lobbyist-sues-journalist-at-media-council/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:39:44 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=58330 The Georgian Times: "Paata Sabelashvili, President of the Inclusive Foundation, has filed a complaint at the Media Council stating that Kavkasia TV journalist Aleko Elisashvili has encouraged homophobic behaviour. This will be the second case the Media Council has considered, but the first related to gay rights in a conservative-minded country." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/19/georgia-gay-lobbyist-sues-journalist-at-media-council/feed/ 0