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/romania-left-wing-opposition-leader-named-prime-minister/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/romania-left-wing-opposition-leader-named-prime-minister/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:46:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132365 AFP: Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday designated left-wing opposition leader Victor Ponta as new prime minister after the collapse of the centre-right government. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/romania-left-wing-opposition-leader-named-prime-minister/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/doctor-saves-babies-caught-in-romania-corruption/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/doctor-saves-babies-caught-in-romania-corruption/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:06:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130022 AP: He flies them to western Europe on budget flights so they can be treated by doctors who don't demand kickbacks. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/doctor-saves-babies-caught-in-romania-corruption/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/20-cities-join-largest-ever-march-for-life-in-romania/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/20-cities-join-largest-ever-march-for-life-in-romania/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:45:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129824 LifeSiteNews (includes video): Over 20 cities in Romania celebrated a March for Life on Saturday, March 24, an event organizers say is spreading a pro-life message across the country. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/28/20-cities-join-largest-ever-march-for-life-in-romania/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/new-anti-government-protests-in-romania/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/new-anti-government-protests-in-romania/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:54:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123388 News from The Associated Press: Demonstrations against Romania's harsh austerity measures took place across the country again on Wednesday, with protesters demanding the government's resignation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/new-anti-government-protests-in-romania/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/20/claim-romanian-hospitals-queasy-over-abortion-at-christmas-easter/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/20/claim-romanian-hospitals-queasy-over-abortion-at-christmas-easter/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:00:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101580 LifeSiteNews: The Croatian Times reports that nearly three-quarters of Romanian hospitals will not abort unborn children around both Christmas and Easter, according to a study by the Euroregional Center for Public Initiatives (ECPI). The ECPI is funded in part by the Open Societies Institute, an initiative of billionaire globalist and population control advocate George Soros. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/20/claim-romanian-hospitals-queasy-over-abortion-at-christmas-easter/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/2-men-arrested-in-romania-over-child-pornography/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/2-men-arrested-in-romania-over-child-pornography/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:17:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75278 Associated Press: "Authorities say two Romanian men have been arrested for allegedly taking pornographic photos of children and putting them online." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/2-men-arrested-in-romania-over-child-pornography/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/romanian-christian-leaders-promulgate-pro-life-pro-family-timisoara-declaration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/romanian-christian-leaders-promulgate-pro-life-pro-family-timisoara-declaration/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:43:15 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70829 LifeSiteNews: "The Alliance of Romania’s Families, a group headed by prominent Christian leaders and intellectuals of Romania's Christian community, have launched a manifesto of Christian conscience. The effort is patterned on similar actions taken by U.S., UK, and Australian Christians which have resulted in the Manhattan Declaration, Westminster Declaration, and the Canberra Declaration." Related: Benjamin Bull: The Manhattan Declaration . . . Romanian style ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/31/romanian-christian-leaders-promulgate-pro-life-pro-family-timisoara-declaration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/benjamin-bull-the-manhattan-declaration-romanian-style/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/benjamin-bull-the-manhattan-declaration-romanian-style/#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:47:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=70337 The Christian Post / Advancing Religious Liberty: "The Alliance of Romania's Families has launched the Timisoara Declaration. (Scroll down their page to see the English version.) Inspired by similar actions taken by U.S., U.K., and Australian Christians which have resulted in the Manhattan Declaration, Westminster Declaration, and the Canberra Declaration, ARF has drafted a similar declaration of its own. The declaration was drafted by prominent Christian leaders and intellectuals of Romania's Christian community." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/26/benjamin-bull-the-manhattan-declaration-romanian-style/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/christian-views-on-homosexuality-deemed-hate-speech-by-european-rights-agency/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/christian-views-on-homosexuality-deemed-hate-speech-by-european-rights-agency/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:59:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64743 LifeSiteNews: "When a European Christian pro-family group applied to join the Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) of the EU’s Human Rights Agency, they did not expect to be denounced as promoters of 'hate.' The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) objected to a statement by the Alliance of Romania’s Families (ARF) calling same-sex 'marriage' an example of 'human degeneration,' and denied their request for membership." | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/christian-views-on-homosexuality-deemed-hate-speech-by-european-rights-agency/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/ban-on-crucifixes-in-italian-schools-is-appealed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/ban-on-crucifixes-in-italian-schools-is-appealed/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:15:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64730 Associated Press: "A European ruling banning crucifixes in Italian schools should be overturned, nine European governments said in an appeal Wednesday. ... The decisions of the court -- an arm of the Council of Europe, the continent's premier human rights watchdog -- are binding on the council's 47 member states and therefore have an impact far beyond Italy." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/ban-on-crucifixes-in-italian-schools-is-appealed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/group-rebukes-canadian-govt-for-pushing-homosexuality-in-romania/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/group-rebukes-canadian-govt-for-pushing-homosexuality-in-romania/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:04:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63924 LifeSiteNews: "A Canadian national pro-family group is taking their government to task after Canada’s ambassador to Romania, Philippe Beaulne, officially backed the country’s week-long 'gay pride' event in the capital last month." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/group-rebukes-canadian-govt-for-pushing-homosexuality-in-romania/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/ten-foreign-diplomats-pressure-romania-to-change-gay-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/ten-foreign-diplomats-pressure-romania-to-change-gay-laws/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:03:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=62472 LifeSiteNews: "Ten foreign diplomats, including ambassadors from the UK and U.S., signed a statement expressing 'support' and 'solidarity' with the Romanian homosexualist movement last month. The statement, which has been published on the website of the British Embassy in Bucharest, was issued May 20 to coincide with 'Gayfest,' the week-long annual festival organized by the national homosexualist lobby group." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/08/ten-foreign-diplomats-pressure-romania-to-change-gay-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/ten-member-states-join-italy-in-support-of-the-crucifix/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/ten-member-states-join-italy-in-support-of-the-crucifix/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:58:10 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/ten-member-states-join-italy-in-support-of-the-crucifix/ European Center for Law and Justice: "For the first time in the record of the ECHR, ten member States are simultaneously intervening as 'third party' in one single case. The case at stake is the Lautsi case - also known as the 'crucifix case' - which will go before the Grand Chamber of the ECHR on June 30th. The Court has communicated to the ECLJ the list of the following Member States: Armenia; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Greece; Lithuania; Malta; Monaco; San-Marino; Romania; The Russian Federation." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/02/ten-member-states-join-italy-in-support-of-the-crucifix/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/eu-commission-estonia-can-adopt-euro-in-2011/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/eu-commission-estonia-can-adopt-euro-in-2011/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 19:47:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60555 BBC: "The Baltic republic of Estonia, a country of 1.3 million people, is on course to adopt the euro in January 2011, the European Commission says . . . The Commission's assessment covered: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden. Every two years the Commission judges whether their economic conditions meet the strict Maastricht criteria." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/eu-commission-estonia-can-adopt-euro-in-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/law-review-jurisdiction-over-marriage-in-the-romanian-principalities/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/law-review-jurisdiction-over-marriage-in-the-romanian-principalities/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:31:28 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=53720 Jurisdiction Over Marriage in the Romanian Principalities: From the Ecclesiastical Court to the Secular Tribunal (May 10, 2008). TURNING POINTS AND BREAKLINES: YEARBOOK OF YOUNG LEGAL HISTORY 4, Szabolcs Hornyak, Botond Juhasz, Krisztina Korsosne Delacasse, Zsuzsanna Peres,eds., pp.180-192, Martin Meidenbauer, Munchen, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1557555 "The clerical tribunals lost their jurisdiction over matrimonial litigations only through the Law for the judicial organization of April 11, 1864. The clerical tribunals were not enumerated in Article 3 among the courts that served justice in Romania ( the new name taken in 1862 by the United Principalities). Thus, the Orthodox Church lost completely its civil and criminal jurisdiction over Romanian citizens. The Orthodox Church kept only the disciplinary jurisdiction over clergy." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/01/law-review-jurisdiction-over-marriage-in-the-romanian-principalities/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/24/romanian-organized-crime-authorities-detain-three-in-human-egg-trafficking-scheme/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/24/romanian-organized-crime-authorities-detain-three-in-human-egg-trafficking-scheme/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:55:50 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30993 Catholic News Agency: "Romanian authorities have detained two Israelis and a Romanian who are suspected of trafficking in human eggs for foreign couples who patronized their Bucharest-based fertility clinic." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/24/romanian-organized-crime-authorities-detain-three-in-human-egg-trafficking-scheme/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/22/romania-stiff-arms-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/22/romania-stiff-arms-same-sex-marriage/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:39:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30763 OneNewsNow: "'It's defined throughout the code -- spouse as between a man and a woman,' [Kiska] explains. 'It forbids these backdoor, so-called same-sex "marriages" where Romanian citizens or foreigners come into the country and ask that their marriage be recognized by the country. It also does the same with civil unions.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/22/romania-stiff-arms-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/20/romania-adopts-strong-civil-codes-protecting-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/20/romania-adopts-strong-civil-codes-protecting-marriage/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:19:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=30512 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/20/romania-adopts-strong-civil-codes-protecting-marriage/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/04/romanian-pro-family-group-claims-eu-equality-proposal-harms-religion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/04/romanian-pro-family-group-claims-eu-equality-proposal-harms-religion/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:31:59 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26089 LifeSite reports: "The leading pro-family organisation in Romania has warned that the European Union is setting a 'dangerous precedent' with efforts to include 'sexual orientation' into a new equality directive." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/04/romanian-pro-family-group-claims-eu-equality-proposal-harms-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/24/rabbinical-chancery-in-romania-an-alternative-to-the-state-organized-courts-in-solving-family-litigations/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/24/rabbinical-chancery-in-romania-an-alternative-to-the-state-organized-courts-in-solving-family-litigations/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:33:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=22269 International Society of Family Law: "My paper discusses the legal status in Romania of decisions and writs (especially the kind of writs named get) delivered or drawn up by the Rabbinical Chancery in solving the family litigations of the members of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania-The Mosaic Cult." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/24/rabbinical-chancery-in-romania-an-alternative-to-the-state-organized-courts-in-solving-family-litigations/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/family-research-council-files-brief-urging-romania-to-keep-prostitution-and-incest-illegal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/family-research-council-files-brief-urging-romania-to-keep-prostitution-and-incest-illegal/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:04:53 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21367 Family Research Council press release: "The Family Research Council represented by the Alliance Defense Fund released a brief filed with the Romanian Parliament against proposed changes to the criminal code that would legalize prostitution and incest. FRC is represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and organizations." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/16/family-research-council-files-brief-urging-romania-to-keep-prostitution-and-incest-illegal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/romania-weighs-decriminalizing-consensual-incest/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/romania-weighs-decriminalizing-consensual-incest/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:04:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=21035 AP: "In Romania, decriminalizing incest among consenting adults is being considered as part of a wide range of reforms to the country's criminal code. No date has been set yet for a parliament vote on the bill, and opposition to the proposal is fervent even among some lawmakers in the ruling coalition." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/04/13/romania-weighs-decriminalizing-consensual-incest/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/08/romanians-deeply-prejudiced-against-homosexuals/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/08/romanians-deeply-prejudiced-against-homosexuals/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:09:36 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=7320 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/08/romanians-deeply-prejudiced-against-homosexuals/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/24/romania-government-proposes-law-allowing-teens-to-have-late-term-abortions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/24/romania-government-proposes-law-allowing-teens-to-have-late-term-abortions/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:19:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6143 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/24/romania-government-proposes-law-allowing-teens-to-have-late-term-abortions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/adf-achieving-results-internationally/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/adf-achieving-results-internationally/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:22:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=6073 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/07/22/adf-achieving-results-internationally/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/romanian-govt-to-decide-on-11-year-old-girl-abortion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/romanian-govt-to-decide-on-11-year-old-girl-abortion/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:50:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=5398 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/25/romanian-govt-to-decide-on-11-year-old-girl-abortion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/08/pro-family-leaders-worldwide-back-romanias-efforts-to-ban-gay-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/08/pro-family-leaders-worldwide-back-romanias-efforts-to-ban-gay-marriage/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:59:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/08/pro-family-leaders-worldwide-back-romanias-efforts-to-ban-gay-marriage/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/04/08/pro-family-leaders-worldwide-back-romanias-efforts-to-ban-gay-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/25/petition-supports-romania%e2%80%99s-defense-of-marriage-2/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/25/petition-supports-romania%e2%80%99s-defense-of-marriage-2/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:00:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/25/petition-supports-romania%e2%80%99s-defense-of-marriage-2/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/25/petition-supports-romania%e2%80%99s-defense-of-marriage-2/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/25/petition-supports-romania%e2%80%99s-defense-of-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/25/petition-supports-romania%e2%80%99s-defense-of-marriage/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:57:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/25/petition-supports-romania%e2%80%99s-defense-of-marriage/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/03/25/petition-supports-romania%e2%80%99s-defense-of-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/15/world-congress-of-families-praises-romanian-senates-support-for-traditional-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/15/world-congress-of-families-praises-romanian-senates-support-for-traditional-marriage/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:37:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/adf.php/2008/02/15/world-congress-of-families-praises-romanian-senates-support-for-traditional-marriage/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/15/world-congress-of-families-praises-romanian-senates-support-for-traditional-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/09/action-call-to-save-traditional-marriage-in-romania/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/09/action-call-to-save-traditional-marriage-in-romania/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:50:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/adf.php/2008/02/09/action-call-to-save-traditional-marriage-in-romania/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/09/action-call-to-save-traditional-marriage-in-romania/feed/ 0