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/2010/12/30/euro-turns-to-problem-for-eastern-europe/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/30/euro-turns-to-problem-for-eastern-europe/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:32:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=89044 Associated Press: "Now, as eurozone nations are asked to help bail out others overwhelmed by debt and the risk of contagion spreads beyond Ireland and Greece, adopting the common currency is no longer a top priority for former communist countries still outside the zone. And in newcomer countries, like Slovakia, some now see the euro as a burden, not a blessing." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/30/euro-turns-to-problem-for-eastern-europe/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/religious-registration-in-the-slovak-republic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/religious-registration-in-the-slovak-republic/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:51:07 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=56229 Ekklesia: "The Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic's ruling is very bad news for presently unregistered smaller churches and religious organisations, which under the present statute are required, inter alia, to have 20,000 adult members before they can be officially recognised by the Ministry of Culture . . . The current registration criteria, arguably the strictest among all participating states in the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has been criticised for compromising religious freedom by numerous non-registered religious groups as well as by some international observers." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/religious-registration-in-the-slovak-republic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/slovakian-court-upholds-religion-laws-registration-requirement/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/slovakian-court-upholds-religion-laws-registration-requirement/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:08:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51091 Religion Clause Blog: "Radio Slovakia International today reports that the Plenary Session of Slovakia's Constitutional Court has rejected a constitutional attack on the provision in Slovakia's religion law that requires 20,000 signatures of members for a church to obtain registration . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/slovakian-court-upholds-religion-laws-registration-requirement/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/slovak-parliament-objects-to-european-court-ruling-on-religious-symbols/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/slovak-parliament-objects-to-european-court-ruling-on-religious-symbols/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:51:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=44939 The Slovak Spectator: "A ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the placing of Christian crosses in Italian schools is in conflict with Europe’s cultural heritage and its Christian history, according to a declaration published by the Slovak Parliament on December 10, the TASR newswire reported." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/11/slovak-parliament-objects-to-european-court-ruling-on-religious-symbols/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/slovakia-may-seek-czech-style-opt-out-on-lisbon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/slovakia-may-seek-czech-style-opt-out-on-lisbon/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:14:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=39329 EU Observer: "Slovakia may also seek an opt-out from part of the Lisbon Treaty if the Czech Republic gets an exemption designed to prevent ethnic Germans expelled after World War II from claiming back their property." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/19/slovakia-may-seek-czech-style-opt-out-on-lisbon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/23/slovakia-passes-informed-consent-law-despite-pressure-from-pro-abort-groups/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/23/slovakia-passes-informed-consent-law-despite-pressure-from-pro-abort-groups/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:20:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=28001 LifeSiteNews: "Informed consent before abortion has been adopted by the Slovak Parliament, establishing a mandatory counseling requirement, a 3 days waiting period, and mandatory parental/guardian consent requirements for minors within the current Slovak abortion law." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/23/slovakia-passes-informed-consent-law-despite-pressure-from-pro-abort-groups/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/03/slovak-republic-loses-free-speech-lawsuit-after-police-shut-down-pro-life-rally/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/03/slovak-republic-loses-free-speech-lawsuit-after-police-shut-down-pro-life-rally/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:37:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=25965 LifeNews: "The highest court in the Slovak Republic, an eastern European nation, ruled in favor of a pro-life group Tuesday in its lawsuit against police for shutting down a pro-life rally. The Centre for Bio-ethical Reform Europe filed suit with the help of attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/03/slovak-republic-loses-free-speech-lawsuit-after-police-shut-down-pro-life-rally/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/03/pro-life-group-wins-victory-at-highest-court-in-slovak-republic/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/03/pro-life-group-wins-victory-at-highest-court-in-slovak-republic/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:49:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=25881 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/03/pro-life-group-wins-victory-at-highest-court-in-slovak-republic/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/08/reality-of-abortion-offends-police-squad/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/08/reality-of-abortion-offends-police-squad/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 15:58:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23686 WorldNetDaily: "'Americans should not imagine that this type of government speech control only occurs overseas,' Kiska noted. 'ADF fights these types of battles in the U.S. all the time. But if the Constitutional Court in the Slovak Republic rules this police intervention legal, it will be yet another ruling that activist judges could point to in the future as a sort of precedent that U.S. courts should follow.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/08/reality-of-abortion-offends-police-squad/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/local-police-shut-down-slovak-pro-life-demonstration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/local-police-shut-down-slovak-pro-life-demonstration/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 15:46:42 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23520 OneNewsNow: "'And the police came and decided that this was too much -- even going so far as stating that abortion is a human right, which it obviously isn't -- and shut the protest down,' [Roger Kiska] explains . . . Kiska was asked about the city's free speech policies. 'The speech laws here are identical pretty much to the speech laws in the United States,' he notes, adding that Americans pay close attention to the outcome of the Slovak case . . . 'The U.S. Supreme court and various state supreme courts have already expressed their eagerness to use European and other foreign case law,' he says. 'And particularly with this current presidential administration, it is quite worrisome.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/07/local-police-shut-down-slovak-pro-life-demonstration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/slovak-pro-lifers-filed-suit-after-police-clamp-down/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/slovak-pro-lifers-filed-suit-after-police-clamp-down/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 17:49:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23307 Christian Telegraph: “Christians and other pro-life advocates should not be discriminated against and silenced for expressing their beliefs and making people aware of the truth,” said Europe-based ADF Legal Counsel Roger Kiska, co-counsel in the case. “Apparently, the police decided that they didn’t want people to be faced with the unexaggerated reality of what abortion looks like. The signs were completely legal and simply displayed various images of human atrocities, including what goes on behind closed doors in abortuaries around the world.” “Americans should not imagine that this type of government speech control only occurs overseas,” Kiska added. “ADF fights these types of battles in the U.S. all the time. But if the Constitutional Court in the Slovak Republic rules this police intervention legal, it will be yet another ruling that activist judges could point to in the future as a sort of precedent that U.S. courts should follow.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/05/slovak-pro-lifers-filed-suit-after-police-clamp-down/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/slovak-republic-faces-free-speech-lawsuit-after-police-shut-down-pro-life-rally/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/slovak-republic-faces-free-speech-lawsuit-after-police-shut-down-pro-life-rally/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 23:24:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23187 LifeNews: "The Slovak Republic, an eastern European nation, faces a free speech lawsuit after police there reportedly shut down a pro-life rally. The Centre for Bio-ethical Reform Europe filed suit on Thursday with the help of attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/slovak-republic-faces-free-speech-lawsuit-after-police-shut-down-pro-life-rally/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/slovak-republic-faces-lawsuit-after-police-clamp-down-on-pro-life-rally/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/slovak-republic-faces-lawsuit-after-police-clamp-down-on-pro-life-rally/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 17:38:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23144 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/04/slovak-republic-faces-lawsuit-after-police-clamp-down-on-pro-life-rally/feed/ 0