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/2010/06/30/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/2010/06/02/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