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/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 19:16:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133484 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/countries-where-same-sex-marriage-is-legal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sweden-doctor-faulted-for-refusing-abortion-and-discussing-with-womens-husband/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sweden-doctor-faulted-for-refusing-abortion-and-discussing-with-womens-husband/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:32:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133342 UPI: A Swedish health board faulted a doctor who canceled a woman's abortion against her wishes after speaking to the woman's husband, who asked about alternatives. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/sweden-doctor-faulted-for-refusing-abortion-and-discussing-with-womens-husband/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/u-s-envoy-protests-anti-semitism-in-swedish-city/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/u-s-envoy-protests-anti-semitism-in-swedish-city/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:05:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132334 Religion Clause Blog: The Forward reported yesterday that Hannah Rosenthal, the United States special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, held a meeting earlier this week with Ilmar Reepalu, mayor of the Swedish city of Malmo, to call attention to the anti-Semitism rampant in the city and the city's lack of adequate response to it ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/u-s-envoy-protests-anti-semitism-in-swedish-city/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/sweden-plans-deportation-iranian-christians-despite-dangers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/sweden-plans-deportation-iranian-christians-despite-dangers/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:37:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132149 Europe News: There was concern over the plight of several Iranian Christian asylum seekers in Sweden Tuesday, April 24, after Swedish authorities decided to deport them despite fears they may be jailed or even executed there, Christians said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/sweden-plans-deportation-iranian-christians-despite-dangers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/gender-neutral-sweden-departs-from-he-and-she/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/gender-neutral-sweden-departs-from-he-and-she/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:46:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131624 Christian Today: Sweden, which in 2010 was recognised by the World Economic Forum as the most gender-equal country in the world, has stepped up its gender neutrality initiative by introducing a new word that refers to both boys and girls with the pronoun "hen". ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/19/gender-neutral-sweden-departs-from-he-and-she/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/so-nu-vheres-de-adl-lewrockwell-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/so-nu-vheres-de-adl-lewrockwell-com/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:30:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130660 LewRockwell.com: A number of associations around the world have expressed their outrage at this "Soviet-style" (it is Sweden, after all) tyranny. This number includes: the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), Advocates International, the Network for Freedom in Education, the Nordic Committee for Human Rights, and the Christian Broadcasting Network (!!!). ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/so-nu-vheres-de-adl-lewrockwell-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/homeschool-heartbeat-radio-hope-for-sweden/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/homeschool-heartbeat-radio-hope-for-sweden/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:17:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130654 Homeschool Heartbeat Radio: HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund and our Swedish attorneys hope that this signals a willingness by courts to at least look at this untenable situation for Swedish homeschoolers. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/homeschool-heartbeat-radio-hope-for-sweden/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/swedish-homeschooling-leader-flees-country-following-alleged-persecution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/swedish-homeschooling-leader-flees-country-following-alleged-persecution/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:55:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127694 LifeSiteNews: A leader in the Swedish homeschooling movement has fled the country, saying, “the safety of my family could no longer be guaranteed.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/05/swedish-homeschooling-leader-flees-country-following-alleged-persecution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/swedens-anti-home-schooling-attitude-out-of-hand/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/swedens-anti-home-schooling-attitude-out-of-hand/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:17:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127396 One News Now: Michael Donnelly of America's Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) is asking home schoolers in the homeland to contact Swedish officials and urge them to stop persecuting parents who are attempting to home school their children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/01/swedens-anti-home-schooling-attitude-out-of-hand/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/single-swedes-set-for-insemination-go-ahead-biological-mom-and-dad-deemed-not-important/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/single-swedes-set-for-insemination-go-ahead-biological-mom-and-dad-deemed-not-important/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:42:43 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=127113 The Local: The Centre Party, Liberals (Folkpartiet) and the Moderates want single women to have access to artificial insemination treatment, and are proposing a change to current laws despite opposition from coalition partners the Christian Democrats. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/28/single-swedes-set-for-insemination-go-ahead-biological-mom-and-dad-deemed-not-important/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/facing-persecution-swedish-homeschoolers-seek-american-help-baptist-press/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/facing-persecution-swedish-homeschoolers-seek-american-help-baptist-press/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:10:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126871 Baptist Press: The U.S.-based Home School Legal Defense Association and the Alliance Defense Fund have filed a brief in a Swedish court on behalf of the Himmelstrands. "Homeschooling is legal in the United States and in many other countries only after decades of tumultuous legislative and legal conflicts," Michael Donnelly of HSLDA said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/facing-persecution-swedish-homeschoolers-seek-american-help-baptist-press/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/european-court-of-human-rights-critics-of-homosexuality-don%e2%80%99t-enjoy-freedom-of-opinion/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/european-court-of-human-rights-critics-of-homosexuality-don%e2%80%99t-enjoy-freedom-of-opinion/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:32:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126010 Turtle Bay and Beyond: In Sweden, critics of homosexuality risk being sent to jail. And the European Court of Human Rights, demonstrating once again its complete and utter failure to protect the fundamental rights enshrined in the European Rights Convention, finds that this constitutes no violation of the freedom of opinion. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/16/european-court-of-human-rights-critics-of-homosexuality-don%e2%80%99t-enjoy-freedom-of-opinion/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/european-court-of-human-rights-upholds-swedish-criminal-convictions-for-anti-gay-leaflets/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/european-court-of-human-rights-upholds-swedish-criminal-convictions-for-anti-gay-leaflets/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:29:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125803 The Volokh Conspiracy: The case is Vejdeland v. Sweden (Feb. 9, 2012) . . . In December 2004 the applicants [who are adults] … went to an upper secondary school (gymnasieskola) and distributed approximately a hundred leaflets by leaving them in or on the pupils’ lockers. The episode ended when the school’s principal intervened and made them leave the premises . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/european-court-of-human-rights-upholds-swedish-criminal-convictions-for-anti-gay-leaflets/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:11:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125759 HSLDA : Himmelstrand and his wife had homeschooled their three children for multiple years before authorities in the municipality where they live denied them permission in 2008. The Himmelstrands currently face fines in excess of $26,000 in U.S. currency for their choice to homeschool. HSLDA and the Alliance Defense Fund have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of the family. | HSLDA press release at Christian Newswire ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/15/call-to-action-email-your-swedish-embassy-hslda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/new-hope-for-swedish-home-schooling-family/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/new-hope-for-swedish-home-schooling-family/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125647 One News Now: Roger Kiska of the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), who has been defending the Johansson family, points out that everything about Dominic's education was legal. "Not only was home schooling legal at the time -- it was limited, but it was legal -- but Dominic fit into all of the circumstances in which it was legal," he explains. "There was no evidence, no due process." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/14/new-hope-for-swedish-home-schooling-family/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/be-wary-of-anti-home-schooling-efforts-onenewsnow-com/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/be-wary-of-anti-home-schooling-efforts-onenewsnow-com/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:50:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125358 OneNewsNow.com: "That the government should have the right to take children away from their families simply for the act of home education -- that is without due process, without any real evidence gathering -- that is almost a military state power," he contends. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/be-wary-of-anti-home-schooling-efforts-onenewsnow-com/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/adf-new-ruling-increases-pressure-to-return-swedish-child-to-parents/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/adf-new-ruling-increases-pressure-to-return-swedish-child-to-parents/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:57:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=125305 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/10/adf-new-ruling-increases-pressure-to-return-swedish-child-to-parents/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/swedens-new-home-schooling-limits-being-tested-by-chabad-rabbi/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/swedens-new-home-schooling-limits-being-tested-by-chabad-rabbi/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:19:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124677 Religion Clause: Authorities in Gothenburg have formally notified the Namdars that they will be fined the equivalent of $2400 (US) per week if they do not enroll their children in a Swedish school by Feb. 1. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/01/swedens-new-home-schooling-limits-being-tested-by-chabad-rabbi/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/roger-kiska-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-swedish-political-leader-says-remove-kids-from-parents-who-homeschool/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/roger-kiska-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-swedish-political-leader-says-remove-kids-from-parents-who-homeschool/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:35:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124245 Roger Kiska on the Hugh Hewitt Show. | MP3 audio 5:50 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/roger-kiska-on-the-hugh-hewitt-show-swedish-political-leader-says-remove-kids-from-parents-who-homeschool/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/roger-kiska-on-the-zeb-bell-show-what-is-happening-with-homeschoolers-in-sweden/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/roger-kiska-on-the-zeb-bell-show-what-is-happening-with-homeschoolers-in-sweden/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:30:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124241 Roger Kiska appeared on the Zeb Bell Show. | MP3 audio 17:10 mins ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/27/roger-kiska-on-the-zeb-bell-show-what-is-happening-with-homeschoolers-in-sweden/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/home-school-families-in-sweden-brace-for-new-government-assault-the-new-american/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/home-school-families-in-sweden-brace-for-new-government-assault-the-new-american/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:26:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123624 The New American: The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF), a U.S.-based conservative legal advocacy group, noted that Edholm’s recommendation comes at a time when home school families in Sweden are under severe assault. The ADF, in partnership with another U.S. group, the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), has come to the legal aid of a Swedish home school family whose nine-year-old son was abducted by the Swedish government in 2009. According to an ADF press release, Swedish officials “seized the child because they believe home schooling is an inappropriate way to raise a child and insist the government should raise [him] instead, even though home-schooling was legal in Sweden at the time he was taken into custody. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/20/home-school-families-in-sweden-brace-for-new-government-assault-the-new-american/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/politician-take-homeschool-kids-from-parents-worldnetdaily/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/politician-take-homeschool-kids-from-parents-worldnetdaily/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:07:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123369 WorldNetDaily: The HSLDA also works with the Alliance Defense Fund to challenge such violations of parental rights. Roger Kiska, a European-based attorney working with the ADF, warned, “Parents have the right and authority to make decisions regarding their children’s education without government interference. Swedish policy on home education is at odds with recognized international legal standards that uphold the right of parents to direct the education of their children. Those standards include the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights documents, all of which recognize that parents have a fundamental right to choose what kind of education their children will receive.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/politician-take-homeschool-kids-from-parents-worldnetdaily/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/swedish-pol-to-social-services-minister-take-homeschooled-kids/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/swedish-pol-to-social-services-minister-take-homeschooled-kids/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:58:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123336 HSLDA: Roger Kiska is an ADF attorney stationed in Europe who has brought numerous cases before the European Court of Human Rights on family issues, including homeschooling. He says that the European Court of Human Rights has not been particularly supportive of homeschoolers. “The ECHR is giving aid and comfort to Sweden’s repressive home education policies. But ECHR jurisprudence and Swedish, as well as German, policy on home education is at odds with recognized international legal standards that uphold the right of parents to direct the education of their children,” Kiska said. “The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights documents all recognize that parents of children have a fundamental right to choose what kind of education their children will receive. We are committed to working with HSLDA and others to vindicate this right. We will stand with families like the Johanssons and Himmelstrands until we win.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/18/swedish-pol-to-social-services-minister-take-homeschooled-kids/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-crushing-homeschoolers-exorbitant-fines-as-politicians-call-for-govt-to-seize-home-schooled-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-crushing-homeschoolers-exorbitant-fines-as-politicians-call-for-govt-to-seize-home-schooled-children/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:49:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123293 Christian Newswire: The Home School Legal Defense Association and Alliance Defense Fund and have applied to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of one family whose child was abducted by the government in 2009 and have filed a brief in a Swedish appellate court on behalf of another family fined an amount equivalent to $26,000. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-crushing-homeschoolers-exorbitant-fines-as-politicians-call-for-govt-to-seize-home-schooled-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-may-stiffen-law-to-allow-for-easier-gov%e2%80%99t-abduction-of-home-schooled-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-may-stiffen-law-to-allow-for-easier-gov%e2%80%99t-abduction-of-home-schooled-children/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:05:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123228 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/17/sweden-may-stiffen-law-to-allow-for-easier-gov%e2%80%99t-abduction-of-home-schooled-children/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/family-of-state-napped-child-beats-social-services-wnd/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/family-of-state-napped-child-beats-social-services-wnd/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:43:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121662 WorldNetDaily: Michael Donnelly, director of international relations at Home School Legal Defense Association, says this decision offers a glimmer of light in the case. "I am hopeful that this is the beginning of the end to the horrific treatment these people have suffered at the hands of Swedish authorities over the past two and a half years," he said. "The Johansson family have endured unspeakable tyranny over their decision to homeschool their child and then to attempt to leave Sweden. Sweden's behavior in this case has been shocking." His organization and representatives of the Alliance Defense Fund are pursuing a case over the custody battle before the European Court of Human Rights ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/23/family-of-state-napped-child-beats-social-services-wnd/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/victims-of-the-apostasy-law-in-islam/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/victims-of-the-apostasy-law-in-islam/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:49:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121534 EuropeNews: Interview with Kamal Fahmi, director of Set My People Free (10th of December 2011, Stockholm). What is the purpose of today’s event? Today, actually is the international day of human rights. This is one of the reasons we chose this day, and the second one also, that it is that we give the Nobel prize, so there is a lot of media attention, and what we want to bring the attention of the people to is the apostasy law in Islam, which not many people know about. Islam is a one way religion. If you are a Muslim you can not change your belief. And this is very sad that this is happening in the 21st century. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/victims-of-the-apostasy-law-in-islam/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/benjamin-bull-peace-on-earth/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/benjamin-bull-peace-on-earth/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:04:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121479 Benjamin Bull at Townhall : All Domenic Johansson really wants for Christmas is his life back . . . In this season, as so many of us are thinking – as we should – of the children who don’t have toys or a turkey for Christmas, let us also remember those children who long not just for something to eat or play with, but for the freedom to honor the deepest convictions of their souls. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/benjamin-bull-peace-on-earth/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/family-of-state-napped-swedish-child-savors-small-victory-hslda/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/family-of-state-napped-swedish-child-savors-small-victory-hslda/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:34:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121410 HSLDA : Christer and Annie Johansson have won a small but hopeful victory in their quest to regain custody of their nine-year-old son Domenic who was taken from them over 2 years ago in a dramatic raid while the family was seated on an airliner departing the Nordic country. Ruby Harrold-Claesson, the couple’s attorney, reported to HSLDA that the Gotland District Court ruled in favor of the Johanssons, allowing them to retain their parental rights of Domenic . . . HSLDA continues to work with the Alliance Defense Fund and Harrold-Claesson at the European Court of Human Rights representing the family in their lawsuit against Sweden. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/family-of-state-napped-swedish-child-savors-small-victory-hslda/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/wendy-wright-triparenting-hogwash-slapped-down/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/wendy-wright-triparenting-hogwash-slapped-down/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:43:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119924 Turtle Bay and Beyond: A researcher from Sweden argues that if two parents are good, then why not three? In a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics, Daniela Cutas is heavy on “may” and “might” conjectures and – as you’d expect – light on any evidence. As timing would have it, Cutas’ silliness was slapped down by a Canadian court when it ruled recently that polygamy is detrimental to women, children and society – basing its decision on solid evidence. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/wendy-wright-triparenting-hogwash-slapped-down/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/swedish-academic-argues-for-triparenting/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/swedish-academic-argues-for-triparenting/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:17:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119839 Bioedge.org: One parent is good. Two parents are better. Three parents might be better still. So argues a researcher from Sweden, who published a paper in the Journal of Medical Ethics on multiparenting. Daniela Cutas, of the University of Gothenberg and the Karolinska Institute, challenged "the necessity of the max-two parents framework". ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/swedish-academic-argues-for-triparenting/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/sweden-tries-to-end-homeschool-parents-rights-baptist-press/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/sweden-tries-to-end-homeschool-parents-rights-baptist-press/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:33:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118457 Baptist Press: "The government shouldn't abduct and imprison children simply because it doesn't like homeschooling," ADF legal counsel Roger Kiska said. "That's bad enough. But now the state is going even further by attempting to get the parents out of the way altogether. This simply cannot stand." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/14/sweden-tries-to-end-homeschool-parents-rights-baptist-press/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/in-sweden-a-generation-of-kids-whove-never-been-spanked-cnn/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/in-sweden-a-generation-of-kids-whove-never-been-spanked-cnn/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:10:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118362 CNN: He occasionally got a spanking from mom, or a swat on the rear and a stern look from his dad. But he remembers one day when his kindergarten teacher, school principal and a social worker came to their home. They worried Ian wasn't fitting in; they wanted to talk about the "abuse." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/10/in-sweden-a-generation-of-kids-whove-never-been-spanked-cnn/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/son-taken-from-parents-to-be-taken-overseas/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/son-taken-from-parents-to-be-taken-overseas/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:15:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117693 WorldNetDaily: hat word had come from officials with the Home School Legal Defense Association, which along with the Alliance Defense Fund already has elevated the dispute involving Christer and Annie Johannson and their son, Domenic, of Sweden to the European Court of Human Rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/03/son-taken-from-parents-to-be-taken-overseas/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/ice-mosque-to-be-built-near-swedens-ice-hotel/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/ice-mosque-to-be-built-near-swedens-ice-hotel/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:36:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=116632 The Local: The highly popular church built near the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi in Northern Sweden might soon be joined by an ice mosque by next winter, if all goes according to plan. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/21/ice-mosque-to-be-built-near-swedens-ice-hotel/feed/ 0