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/2010/09/22/puerto-rican-authorities-accused-of-tolerating-homophobia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/22/puerto-rican-authorities-accused-of-tolerating-homophobia/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:15:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73255 Latin American Herald Tribune: "Puerto Rico’s gay community blames island authorities for tolerating an atmosphere of homophobia that might have encouraged the slaying of 10 of their number over the past year." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/22/puerto-rican-authorities-accused-of-tolerating-homophobia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/16/ricky-martin-calls-for-focus-on-human-trafficking/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/16/ricky-martin-calls-for-focus-on-human-trafficking/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:00:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=52089 AP: "Martin was visiting his native island to present a study conducted by the nonprofit Ricky Martin Foundation, a group advocating children's rights globally. The 91-page report concludes that sex tourism and human trafficking are serious problems in Puerto Rico . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/16/ricky-martin-calls-for-focus-on-human-trafficking/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/21/puerto-rico-aclu-files-brief-on-behalf-of-jehovahs-witnesses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/21/puerto-rico-aclu-files-brief-on-behalf-of-jehovahs-witnesses/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:13:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=49262 ACLU: "The American Civil Liberties Union, its national chapter in Puerto Rico and its affiliates in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island filed a friend-of-the-court brief late Wednesday opposing unconstitutional laws that effectively ban Jehovah's Witnesses from freely expressing their faith in the streets of Puerto Rico." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/21/puerto-rico-aclu-files-brief-on-behalf-of-jehovahs-witnesses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/suit-says-u-s-attorneys-office-a-girls-club/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/suit-says-u-s-attorneys-office-a-girls-club/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:05:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=40177 Legal Blog Watch: "The U.S. attorney's office in Puerto Rico was a 'girls club' in which male attorneys were the victims of discrimination and a hostile work environment. That, at least, is the allegation of Juan E. Milanes, a former assistant U.S. attorney there. He has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was discriminated against based on his gender and constructively discharged." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/23/suit-says-u-s-attorneys-office-a-girls-club/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/documents-sotomayor-led-charge-against-bor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/documents-sotomayor-led-charge-against-bor/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:48:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29031 NewsMax: "A Puerto Rican civil rights organization advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor campaigned against seating conservative Robert Bork on the high court in the late 1980s, according to new documents that shed light on the group that's become a key focus of Republicans questioning Sotomayor's fitness to be a justice." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/documents-sotomayor-led-charge-against-bor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/15/puerto-rico-scholars-call-for-gender-ideology-to-be-removed-from-public-education/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/15/puerto-rico-scholars-call-for-gender-ideology-to-be-removed-from-public-education/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:38:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=10509 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/12/15/puerto-rico-scholars-call-for-gender-ideology-to-be-removed-from-public-education/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/11/alliance-defense-fund-fights-for-marriage-in-puerto-rico/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/11/alliance-defense-fund-fights-for-marriage-in-puerto-rico/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:12:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/adf.php/2008/02/11/alliance-defense-fund-fights-for-marriage-in-puerto-rico/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/11/alliance-defense-fund-fights-for-marriage-in-puerto-rico/feed/ 0